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12 de nov. de 2015 · A blackboard covered in white scribbles by the American abstract artist Cy Twombly has fetched a record $70.5 million (£47 million) at auction at Sotheby’s last night.
Untitled examples from both series stand among his most expensive paintings at auction. References to the classical world — from Virgil to Venusto Bacchus— populate Twombly’s art. More broadly, his oeuvre may be said to embody the conflicting dynamics of Apollo and Dionysus, swinging between logical order and irrational chaos.
13 de nov. de 2015 · Untitled (New York City), a 1968 Cy Twombly “blackboard” painting, set a new auction record for the artist at $70.5 million at Thursday night’s postwar and contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s New York. It was the top lot in a solid $295 million sale (and also happened to be the priciest item Sotheby’s has sold this year).
The sale of “Untitled” for $70.5 million achieved a record for highest price ever paid for a Twombly piece. The canvas is painted to resemble a blackboard and is covered in Twombly’s signature curly scribbles, invoking his experiences as a cryptographer with the Pentagon.
20 de mar. de 2017 · In what could become one of the artist’s highest auction sales of all time, Christie’s New York will offer a Cy Twombly canvas on May 17, tagged at up to $55 million.
Cy Twombly's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5 USD to 70,530,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 70,530,000 USD for UNTITLED (NEW YORK CITY), sold at Sotheby's New York in 2015.
View all 125 artworks. Cy Twombly lived in the XX – XXI cent., a remarkable figure of American Abstract Expressionism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
