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CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)

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09.05.2022 19:00UTC -04:00
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ID 753485
Lot 35 | CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)Untitledincised with the artist's signature and number 'Cy Twombly 4⁄8' (on the reverse); signed with the artist's initials, inscribed, numbered and dated 'CT 1953 / cast 4⁄8 89' (on the underside)bronze, painted with white oil-based paint15 1⁄4 x 9 5⁄8 x 3 1⁄2 in. (38.7 x 24.4 x 8.9 cm.)Conceived in 1953 and cast in 1989. This work is number four from an edition of eight plus one artist's proof. Provenance The artistPrivate collectionThomas Ammann Fine Art AG, ZurichAcquired from the above by the present owner Literature N.N., "Cy Twombly," Focus, June 1995, n.p. (another example illustrated).B. Weber, "Home Bodies," W, January 1997, p. 26 (another example illustrated).N. Del Roscio, Cy Twombly Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, Volume 1, 1946-1997, Munich, 1997, pp. 42-43, no. 11 (another example illustrated).Cy Twombly, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, November 2016-April 2017, pp. 150 and 316, cat. no. 38 (another example illustrated). Exhibited Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Cy Twombly. Drawings and 8 Sculptures, June-September 1990 (another example exhibited).Zurich, Daros Exhibitions, Audible Silence: Cy Twombly at Daros, May-September 2002, n.p., no. 25 (another example exhibited).Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zeichen und Wunder, October-December 2016.Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Ich weiss nicht, wer der Künstler ist, ich kenne nur seinen Preis (frei nach René Pollesch), July-September 2018.Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, From Warhol to Twombly to Marden and Back Again, September-December 2018.Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, From Warhol to Twombly to Marden and Back Again (Part 2), January-April 2019.
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