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Vibrating with lyrical vitality and poetic force, Cy Twombly’s Untitled from 1969 is a marvelous iteration of the artist’s pivotal Blackboard paintings. Captivating in its large scale, the present work is part of a limited number of panoramic canvases from the celebrated series.
Mar 3, 2024 · Among his many illuminating works, “Blackboard” serves as a constant reminder of his extraordinary visual vision and of his talent for abstract art. In this article, we explore the life and art of Cy Twombly as well as the ‘Blackboard‘ painting full of interesting stories. Who was Cy Twombly?
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Vibrating with lyrical vitality and poetic force, Cy Twombly’s Untitled from 1969 is a marvelous iteration of the artist’s pivotal Blackboard paintings.
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- Sotheby's
From the mid-1960s, Twombly began to paint series of gray-ground paintings, such as Cold Stream (1966), Untitled (1967), and Untitled (1970), which were stylistically minimalist and focused on the gesture of painting. These paintings, often called ‘blackboard paintings’ had repeating rows of white circular lines.
- American
- April 25, 1928
- Lexington, Virginia, United States
- July 5, 2011
Nov 13, 2015 · Untitled (New York City), a 1968 Cy Twombly “blackboard” painting, set a new auction record for the artist at $70.5 million at Thursday night’s postwar and contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s New York. It was the top lot in a solid $295 million sale (and also happened to be the priciest item Sotheby’s has sold this year).
Oct 21, 2014 · In November, one of Cy Twombly’s “blackboard” paintings will go up for sale at Christie’s and may set a new record for the artist at auction.
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The largest in the series, this monumental painting features terse, colorless scrawls, reminiscent of chalk on a blackboard, that form no actual words. Twombly made this work using an unusual technique: he sat on the shoulders of a friend, who shuttled back and forth along the length of the canvas, thus allowing the artist to create his fluid ...
