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Cy Twombly

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A breathtaking exploration of one of Twombly's largest paintings, the second version of his Treatise on the Veil

One of the most important American postwar artists, Cy Twombly (1928-2011) engaged with mythological and poetic source material, setting him apart from other artists of his generation. In 1970, Twombly revisited his 1968 painting Treatise on the Veil and, in a short period of focused creativity, produced a painting-Treatise on the Veil (Second Version)-on a single, 33-foot canvas along with more than a dozen related drawings.

This handsomely produced oversize book features three essays that examine these works in relation to Twombly's oeuvre, contemporaneous explorations of time, the Orpheus myth, and a musical composition that Twombly cited as an influence. Large images and details bring us in close to Twombly's magnificent meditation on time and space.


Distributed for The Menil Collection

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ISBN: 9780300244571
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Author: Tex Menil Collection Houston
Illustrator: Cy Twombly
Publisher: The Menil Collection an imprint of Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 90 pages
Genres: Individual artists, art monographs
Exhibition catalogues and specific collections

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