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Cy Twombly

Untitled

Maker

Cy Twombly (American, 1929–2011)

Title

Untitled

Year

1968

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

200.7 x 261.6 cm (79 x 103 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed and dated reverse UL: Cy Twombly'68

Credit / Object Number

Credit

The Albert Pilavin Memorial Collection of 20th-Century American Art

Object Number

69.060

Type

Publications

Articles

From Galleries to Wards
Drawing Outside the Lines
From Museum to Bedside

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty
Contemporary Works in the RISD Museum Collection
May 04, 2018 – Dec 30, 2018

Label copy

It’s more like I’m having an experience than making a picture. So I’ve never had anyone around. I never have. People are different, but I have to really be with no interference. And it takes me hours.

Painting a picture is a very short thing if it goes well, but the sitting and thinking. . . . I usually go off on stories that have nothing to do with the painting, and sometimes I sit in the opposite room to where I work. If I can get a good hot story I can paint better, but sometimes I’m not thinking about the painting, I’m thinking about the subject. Lots of times I’ll sit in another room and then I might just go in. It takes a lot of freedom. -Cy Twombly

Webs, Loops, and Skeins in Modern and Contemporary Art
Feb 24, 2006 – Apr 23, 2006
Sign Language
Twentieth-Century Painting from the Permanent Collection
Jun 23, 2000 – Oct 29, 2000
20th-Century Art from the Albert Pilavin Collection
Nov 22, 1996 – Apr 06, 1997
A Tribute from His Friends
Gifts in Memory of Daniel J. Robbins
Jun 21, 1996 – Sep 29, 1996

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Tombstone

Cy Twombly (American, 1929–2011)
Untitled, 1968
Oil and crayon on canvas
200.7 x 261.6 cm (79 x 103 inches)
The Albert Pilavin Memorial Collection of 20th-Century American Art 69.060

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