The Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Untitled
Details
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Untitled
incised 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 paint
15 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.
Untitled
incised 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 paint
15 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 artist
Private collection
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired 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).
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.
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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