The Essential Cy Twombly

Nicola Del Roscio (Editor)

ISBN 10: 193892245X / ISBN 13: 9781938922459

Published by D.A.P., 2014

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Ex-library book, with broken rear hinge. Clean text; library stamps and stickers. Fraying to the board edges and corners; the jacket is mylar-protected. Ready to ship.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Cy Twombly
• Publisher: D.A.P.
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193892245X
• ISBN 13: 9781938922459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Weight: 5 pounds

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Synopsis

Painted poetry: the ultimate monograph on Cy Twombly’s painting, drawing, sculpture and photography

Recognized as one of the greatest and most idiosyncratic artists of the postwar era, Cy Twombly left behind an oeuvre of incredible versatility, sensitivity and originality upon his death in 2011 at age 83. Working in the immediate aftermath of abstract expressionism, Twombly developed an intensely personal scription consisting of scrawled letters and words, in an effusive, calligraphic mark-making that suggests a kind of painted poetry. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture and photography with a restless energy, Twombly incorporated the gods of Ancient Greece, the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the history, culture and mythology of the Occident into his art. The Essential Cy Twombly, edited by Twombly's longtime collaborator Nicola Del Roscio, is the ultimate overview of his work, presenting the most important paintings and cycles of paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs from Twombly's diverse oeuvre. The most accessible survey of his work to date, this volume includes essays by Laszlo Glozer, Thierry Greub, Kirk Varnedoe and Simon Schama.

About the Author

Edwin Parker (Cy) Twombly (1928–2011) was born in Lexington, Virginia. He lived and worked in New York in the early 1950s (where he met Robert Rauschenberg, with whom he was to have a long personal and artistic relationship) and studied at the legendary Black Mountain College in North Carolina before traveling around North Africa, Spain and Italy and ultimately settling in Rome before the end of the decade, just as the art world was shifting its center of gravity to New York. Best known for his paintings and drawings, often executed on a massive scale across multiple canvases, Twombly also made sculptures and photographs.