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Photo: Nathaniel Willson

Untitled

1997

Cy Twombly

American, 1928 - 2011

Cy Twombly’s coated sculpture resembles an archaeological fragment, pointing even further back in time than the modernist moment.
Bronze
34 1/4 × 29 × 13 3/8 in. (87 × 73.7 × 34 cm)
Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2014.25.80
Provenance: [Gagosian Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, November 11, 1999
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Cy Twombly: Ten Sculptures, Nov. 5 - Dec. 20, 1997.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, Oct. 23, 2020 - Jan. 18, 2021.
Published ReferencesDel Roscio, Nicola, ed. "Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonne of SCulpture, Volume 1: 1946-1997. Munich: Schirmer-Mosel, 1997

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