CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)

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Lot 7 | CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
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CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)Venere Sopra Gaetasigned with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'CT Oct 88 Gaeta' (upper right); titled 'Venere Sopra Gaeta' (center)acrylic, oil-based house paint, wax crayon, colored pencil and lead pencil on paper and wooden panel, in artist's frame99 x 76 3⁄4 in. (251.5 x 195 cm.)Executed in 1988. Provenance Galleria Lucio Amelio, NaplesThomas Ammann Fine Art AG, ZurichAcquired from the above by the present owner Literature D. Davvetas, "The Erography of Cy Twombly," Artforum International, vol. 27, no. 8, April 1989, p. 130 (illustrated).H. Bastian, Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings. Volume IV: 1972-1995, Munich, 1995, p. 147, no. 49 (illustrated)J.-L. Chalumeau, "Between Desire and Politeness," Ninety. Art des Années 90/Art in the 90's, no. 19, 1995, p. 31 (illustrated). Exhibited Naples, Galleria Lucio Amelio, Baselitz – Kounellis - Twombly, October-December 1988, n.p. (illustrated on the front cover).Hamburg, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Einleuchten. Will, Vorstel und Simul in HH, November 1989-February 1990, pp. 52 and 87, no. 120 (illustrated).Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Cy Twombly: A Retrospective, September 1994-November 1995.Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Cy Twombly, June-September 2017, no. 1 (illustrated).
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