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A rectangle drawn in graphite filled with a tangle of looping marks

On plain white paper, a horizontal rectangle is hand drawn in graphite, echoing the sides of the page and leaving a roughly equal margin all around. Skeins of hastily scrawled lines, also in graphite, fill the inside of the rectangle and cross over it into the margin on all sides. Energetic scratched marks and loops that mainly bend upward and to the right, all vary slightly, some thinner and lighter, and some thicker and darker.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.299
People
Cy Twombly, American (Lexington, Virginia 1928 - 2011 Rome, Italy)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1958
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176855

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cy Twombly; to Private Collector; gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Cy Twombly Foundation
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.299
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/04/2018 - 04/09/2019

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