LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and wax crayon on two joined sheets of paper

Measurements:

55.00 in. (139.70 cm.) (height) by 34.02 in. (86.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed '4' u.l. of upper sheet and '6' u.l. of lower sheet; each sheet further signed, consecutively inscribed and dated '[No. 4, No. 6] Cy Twombly 1970' verso

Literature:

Nicola Del Roscio, Cy Twombly: Drawings, Cat. Rais. Vol. 5 1970-1971, Munich, 2015, no. 8, p. 23 (illustrated)

Provenance:

Private Collection, Delaware PaceWildenstein, New York (acquired from the above in May 1989) Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston (acquired from the above in June 1989) Galerie de France, Paris Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in October 1997) Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 2015, lot 4 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner