LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas

Measurements:

67.99 in. (172.70 cm.) (height) by 90.00 in. (228.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed NYC and dated 1968 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Cologne, Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Kölner Messe, Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einhein und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, April - June 1989, cat. no. 738, p. 303, illustrated in color

Literature:

Jean-Christophe Ammann, Michael Auping, Robert Rosenblum and Peter Schjeldahl, Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, Volume II, London and New York, 1984, pl. 62, illustrated in color and pp. 26-27 (text). Heiner Bastian, ed., Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume III, 1966-1971, Munich, 1994, cat. no. 53, p. 129, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC #66). Fred Mueller, New York. Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Saatchi Collection, London. Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 1990, Lot 24. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Irmas, Los Angeles. Thence by gift to the present owner