LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil based house paint, wax crayon and lead pencil on canvas

Measurements:

68.50 in. (174.00 cm.) (height) by 82.28 in. (209.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated NYC 1968 on the reverse

Exhibited:

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Cy Twombly: Paintings, November - December 1968. Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, November 1983 - April 1984, cat. no. 385, p. 126, illustrated

Literature:

Heiner Bastian, ed., Cy Twombly, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume III 1966-1971, Berlin, 1993, cat. no. 73, p. 167, illustrated in color.

Provenance:

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC# 53). Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf (acquired from the above). Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1969;