Cy Twombly
Untitled , 1976 (Executed)
Lot #244 |
2025-11-19 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Day Auction
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
USD 250,000 - 350,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11734
Auction name: Contemporary Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-11-19
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 55 by 42 â…ž in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
139.7
Width In Centimeters:
108.9
Height In Inches:
55
Width In Inches:
42.875
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Year notes: Executed in 1976.
Provenance
Leo Castelli, New York Diane Keaton, New York (acquired from the above) Sperone Westwater, New York Acquired from the above in September 1999 by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Cy Twombly - Watercolors , September - October 1976
Literature
N.N. “Eine Dame zum Spaß.” Stern , 1977, no. 28, p. 82, illustrated Yvon Lambert, Catalogue Raisonné des oeuvres sur papier de Cy Twombly, Volume VI 1973-1976 , Milan 1979, p. 165, illustrated Nicola Del Roscio, ed., Cy Twombly: Drawings Catalogue Raisonné Vol. 6, 1972-1979, Munich 2016, no. 189, p. 181, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Description Property from a Distinguished American Collection Cy Twombly 1928 - 2011 Untitled signed with the artist's initials and dated 76 (lower right); signed, titled and dated 9 Mar 76 (lower right) watercolor, wax crayon, graphite and tape with paper and glassine collage on paper 55 by 42 ⅞ in. 139.7 by 108.9 cm. Executed in 1976. Provenance Leo Castelli, New York Diane Keaton, New York (acquired from the above) Sperone Westwater, New York Acquired from the above in September 1999 by the present owner Exhibited New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Cy Twombly - Watercolors , September - October 1976 Literature N.N. “Eine Dame zum Spaß.” Stern , 1977, no. 28, p. 82, illustrated Yvon Lambert, Catalogue Raisonné des oeuvres sur papier de Cy Twombly, Volume VI 1973-1976 , Milan 1979, p. 165, illustrated Nicola Del Roscio, ed., Cy Twombly: Drawings Catalogue Raisonné Vol. 6, 1972-1979, Munich 2016, no. 189, p. 181, illustrated in color