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The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden

Cy Twombly

Untitled

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

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The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden

Cy Twombly

1928 - 2011


Untitled

signed Cy Twombly, dated 1957 and inscribed Procida (on the reverse)

oil based house paint, colored pencil and graphite on canvas

9⅝ by 11⅞ in.

24.4 by 30.2 cm.

Executed in 1957.

Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Sotheby's New York, 2 May 1985, lot 9
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cy Twombly, 1997
Heiner Bastian, ed., Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume I, 1948-1960, Mosel, 1992, no. 85, p. 138, illustrated in color