Cy Twombly

Robert Motherwell, Greenwich (acquired directly from the artist as a gift in December 1951)

Renate Ponsold Motherwell, New York (acquired from the above in 1991 by descent)

Sotheby's New York, 19 May 2017, lot 151 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, London (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above in 2020 by the present owner

Exh. Cat., New York, Sperone Westwater, Cy Twombly: Paintings and Sculptures 1951 & 1953, 1989, no. 1, illustrated

Heiner Bastian, Ed., Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume 1: 1948-1960, Munich, 1992, no. 24, p. 60, illustrated 

New York, Kootz Gallery, New Talent: Gandy and Twombly, December 1951, illustrated on the invitation card

New York, Gagosian, Duino Elegies, March - April 2020