LOT DETAILS

Materials:

paper, oil stick, graphite, wax crayon, adhesive, graphite and printed paper collage on paper

Measurements:

30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (height) by 22.52 in. (57.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with intials and dated 'CT 73' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Cy Twombly Rome 74' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Turin, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Cy Twombly, March-April 1974. The St. Louis Art Museum, Contemporary Masterpieces from the Shoenberg Foundation, December 1981-January 1982.

Literature:

Y. Lambert, Catalogue Raisonné des Oeuvres sur Papier dé Cy Twombly, vol. VI, 1973-1976, Milan, 1979, p. 92, no. 70 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin. The Mayor Gallery, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1975.