CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)

Lot 206
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ID 1548101
Lot 206 | CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 800 000
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Untitled (Rome)
signed and dated 'Cy Twombly 1962' (on the reverse)
oil, wax crayon and graphite on canvas
19 ¾ x 23 5/8in. (50 x 60cm.)
Executed in 1962




Provenance

Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome.
Marisa de Re Gallery, New York.
Waddington Galleries, London.
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne.
Laura and Barry Townsley, London.
Waddington & Bernstein Gallery Ltd., Zurich.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in 2001, and thence by descent.



Literature

H. Bastian (ed.), Cy Twombly Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, vol. II, 1961-1965, Munich 1993, no. 103 (illustrated in colour, p. 174).
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