About The Work
This work was realized by Cy Twombly on the occasion of the Winter Olympics Games 1984 in Sarajevo. Cy Twombly was one of the artists who made an original artwork for this important event. He referenced the ancient origins of the games by using the same characteristic scrawl that he had previously used for his 1976 series “Six Latin Writers and Poet”.
Courtesy of Wallector
About Cy Twombly
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Etching with aquatint and lithograph on Arches paper
33.46 x 22.83 x 0.08 in
85.0 x 58.0 x 0.2 cm
This work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
About The Work
This work was realized by Cy Twombly on the occasion of the Winter Olympics Games 1984 in Sarajevo. Cy Twombly was one of the artists who made an original artwork for this important event. He referenced the ancient origins of the games by using the same characteristic scrawl that he had previously used for his 1976 series “Six Latin Writers and Poet”.
Courtesy of Wallector
About Cy Twombly
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Henry Taylor on Art, Life & Everything In Between
- Art 101: What the MoMA Rauschenberg Retrospective Won't Tell You: Jonathan Katz on Rauschenberg, Homosexuality, and Assemblage
- Art 101: "Art Is Not About Skill": Benjamin Buchloh Interviews Lawrence Weiner On His Sensual Approach to Conceptual Art
- News & Events: Steal vs. Splurge: 6 Artworks That Won’t Take No for an Answer
- Interviews & Features: “I Made Myself Up!”: Painter McArthur Binion on Forging His Own Path in a White Art World
Published by Visconti Art Spectrum, Vienna for the portfolio of the XIV Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo
Monogrammed "CT" in pencil on the lower right margin. Edition of 150 specimens numbered in arab numbers (1/150 - 150/150), plus 50 specimens numbered in roman numbers (I/L - L/L) plus 24 artist’s proofs (12 AP and 12 HC).
One of the proofs "HC", as inscribed in pencil lower left ("hors de commerce", out of commerce print).
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