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Cy Twombly
1928 - 2011
Natural History Part I - Mushrooms (Nr. II). 1974.
Collage with heliotype, photochromic print and collage with color pen.
Bastian 43. Monogrammed and numbered, with the embossed Roman sheet number and the copyright note. From an edition of 98 copies. On Rives wove paper (without the watermark). 75.8 x 55.8 cm (29.8 x 21.9 in), size of sheet.
Printed by Matthieu Studio, Zürich-Dielsdorf (with the blindstamp) and published by Heiner Bastian and Propyläen Verlag, Berlin. [EH].
• Particularly appealing print with a unique character.
• The portfolio “Natural History Part I” is one of Cy Twombly's most important graphic works.
• Participation in documenta 6 and 7 in 1977 and 1982.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Schleswig-Holstein
Private collection, Bavaria (acquired by the above from Ketterer Kunst in 2015).
LITERATURE: Heiner Bastian, Cy Twombly. Das graphische Werk 1953-1984. A catalogue raisonné of the printed graphic work, Munich/New York 1984, CR no. 43.
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Kettererkunst, 429th auction, Post War / Contemporary Art, lot 534, illustrated.
In good condition. Slightly browned in the outer edges of the sheet.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.