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Auction archive: Lot number 121

CY TWOMBLY LINOCUT ILLUSTRATION FOR A POEM.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$4,864
Auction archive: Lot number 121

CY TWOMBLY LINOCUT ILLUSTRATION FOR A POEM.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$4,864
Beschreibung:

CY TWOMBLY LINOCUT ILLUSTRATION FOR A POEM.TWOMBLY, CY. 1928-2011. And ROBERT DUNCAN. 1919-1988. The Song of the Border Guard. Black Mountain, NC: Black Mountain College Graphics Workshop, 1952.
Folio (330 x 510 mm). 2 pp folding linocut illustration in black on red paper, with poem by Duncan printed on a separate sheet of cream-colored paper, loosely inserted. Light fading, minor creasing to edges, adhesive marks on poem insert.
While Twombly was studying at the Art Students League in New York in 1950, he took the advice of his instructor, Robert Rauschenberg and spent two summers and a winter at Black Mountain College, near Asheville, North Carolina. There, working alongside Robert Motherwell Franz Kline and Ben Shahn he produced this print to serve as a cover for the poem "The Song of the Border Guard" by Robert Duncan. It was published by Nick Cernovich, better known for his work in underground theater, particularly with composer John Cage

Auction archive: Lot number 121
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2023
Auction house:
Bonhams London
101 New Bond Street
London, W1S 1SR
United Kingdom
info@bonhams.com
+44 (0)20 74477447
+44 (0)20 74477401
Beschreibung:

CY TWOMBLY LINOCUT ILLUSTRATION FOR A POEM.TWOMBLY, CY. 1928-2011. And ROBERT DUNCAN. 1919-1988. The Song of the Border Guard. Black Mountain, NC: Black Mountain College Graphics Workshop, 1952.
Folio (330 x 510 mm). 2 pp folding linocut illustration in black on red paper, with poem by Duncan printed on a separate sheet of cream-colored paper, loosely inserted. Light fading, minor creasing to edges, adhesive marks on poem insert.
While Twombly was studying at the Art Students League in New York in 1950, he took the advice of his instructor, Robert Rauschenberg and spent two summers and a winter at Black Mountain College, near Asheville, North Carolina. There, working alongside Robert Motherwell Franz Kline and Ben Shahn he produced this print to serve as a cover for the poem "The Song of the Border Guard" by Robert Duncan. It was published by Nick Cernovich, better known for his work in underground theater, particularly with composer John Cage

Auction archive: Lot number 121
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2023
Auction house:
Bonhams London
101 New Bond Street
London, W1S 1SR
United Kingdom
info@bonhams.com
+44 (0)20 74477447
+44 (0)20 74477401
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