Untitled

1958

Cy Twombly

Associated Names
Cy Twombly

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

The image depicts delicate, swirling lines and shapes scattered across the canvas in an intricate arrangement. It gives the appearance of light sketches or scribbles resembling faint outlines of clouds or feathers. The lines vary in intensity and thickness, creating a dynamic quality to the piece. The open space around the scribbles enhances the abstract nature of the artwork.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome); Pierre Janlet, Brussels [1900-1991]; (Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels); William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, Dallas, TX; bequest to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • Works on Paper of the XIXth and XXth Centuries. Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels, 2002, repro. p. 79 (with the drawing misdated 1962).

Bibliography

2010

  • Del Roscio, Nicola. Cy Twombly Drawings: Catalogue. Raisonné. 8 vols. Munich and New York, 2010-2017: Vol. 2, 100, no. 84. (repro.).

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: Cy Twombly | Oct 15 Roma

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