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Untitled

Maker

(artist)
1928-2011

Title

Untitled

Date of Production

1959

Medium

Crayon, graphite and oil on paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 24.7 cm

Accession Number

LD.2020.HK.8

Mode of Acquisition

Karshan Collection, long-term loan, 2020

Credit

Promised gift by Linda Karshan in memory of her husband, Howard Karshan. On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London

Copyright

© Cy Twombly Foundation

Location

Not currently on display

Provenance

Acquavella Gallery New York, Vivian Horan Gallery New York; Galleria la Tartaruga [stamp on verso]; William B Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, by at least 2003 [when published in the Whitney exh. cat.]; Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco; purchased there by Howard Karshan (1933-2017), 20 June 2012 [in part exchange for 3 Gerhard Richter works; sticker on frame, invoice in file]; Promised gift by Linda Karshan in memory of her husband, Howard Karshan. On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London.

Literature

Arshile Gorky: a retrospective of drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 20 Nov. 2003 - 15 Feb. 2004, and other cities, 2003
Fig. p. fig. 21 on p. 73

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso (visible through an aperture in the frame): lower centre, graphite, signed and dated: "Cytwombly 59".

Stamp: Verso (visible through an aperture in the frame): lower left, brown ink: LA TARTARUGA / Galleria d'Arte / ROMA / Piazza del Popolo, 3".

Label: Frame, Verso: upper centre, printed in black ink on white label, the first line in red: “ANTHONY MEIER FINE ARTS / 1969 California Street San Francisco, CA 94109 / T 415.351.1400 F 415.351.1437 / Cy Twombly / Untitled, 1959 / Crayon, graphite and oil on paper mounted / on canvas / 9 x 9 ¾ inches / 22.9 x 24.8 cm / Signed on the verso in pencil and stamped / “Galleria La Tartaruga””; printed in black ink on white label attached to wire with a graphite checkmark added: TMP 2012-140.32 / Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011 / Untitled, 1959 [drawing]”; printed in black ink on white label: “TMP 2012-140.32 / Cy Twombly / Untitled, 1959 / Oil and graphite on paper / mounted on cardboard, 9 x / 9 ¾ in.”.

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