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Cy Twombly pictured on the occasion of the Swiss Filmfestival Locarno 1994. (c) STR/Keystone/Corbis
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Idilion
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Cy Twombly (1928-2011)
Idilion
diptych--graphite, watercolor, vellum, and paper collage on paper
smaller: 18¾ x 24½ in. (47.6 x 62.2 cm.)
larger: 58 x 40 in. (147.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Executed in 1976. (2)
Idilion
diptych--graphite, watercolor, vellum, and paper collage on paper
smaller: 18¾ x 24½ in. (47.6 x 62.2 cm.)
larger: 58 x 40 in. (147.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Executed in 1976. (2)
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Heinrich Friedrich Gallery, New York
The Pace Gallery, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 13 May 1999, lot 407
Private collection, Tokyo
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 22 June 2006, lot 423
Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz
Galerie Ronny van de Velde, Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Heinrich Friedrich Gallery, New York
The Pace Gallery, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 13 May 1999, lot 407
Private collection, Tokyo
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 22 June 2006, lot 423
Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz
Galerie Ronny van de Velde, Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Y. Lambert, Cy Twombly, Catalogue Raisonné des Oeuvres sur Papier 1973-1976, Vol. VI, Milan, 1979, p. 164, no. 175 (illustrated).
R. Leeman, Cy Twombly, London, 2005, p. 237.
R. Leeman, Cy Twombly, London, 2005, p. 237.
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Cy Twombly: Watercolors, 1976.
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