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Note I

1967

Cy Twombly

Associated Names

Cy Twombly

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

Donn Steward

Printer, American, born Canada, 1921 - 1985

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image shows parallel diagonal lines forming an oblong rectangle at the center of a square piece of paper. These lines create a textured appearance, similar to a ruled notebook page. The paper has unevenly trimmed edges, adding an organic quality to the flat, graphical presentation.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching on orange-buff laid handmade paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Dimensions

plate: 22.5 x 27.3 cm (8 7/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
sheet: 65.1 x 51.4 cm (25 5/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1976.56.186

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1981

Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

1986

Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

1998

Shattering the Southern Stereotypes, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, 1998, 35.

Inscriptions

center right in graphite: Cy Twombly; lower left in graphite: 8/14 I, 1967

Wikidata ID

Q65567379

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