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Cy Twombly | |||
| Born
1928 in Lexington, VA Lives and works in Rome, Italy |
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| Untitled, ca. 1953 | ||||
| oil
based house paint and graphite on paper 19 1/4 x 27 1/4 inches Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection Gift of the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust 2001.6 |
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| One of America's most cryptic abstractionists, Twombly
has lived as an expatriate in Italy since 1957. A second-generation Abstract
Expressionist, he was one of the first American artists to become interested
in the innocent scribblings of graffiti. This painting is an excellent example
of Twombly's own delicate graffiti and may suggest the inspiration he found
in the work of Swiss-born painter Paul Klee. |