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Cy Twombly : Treatise on the Veil, 1970

Title
Cy Twombly : Treatise on the Veil, 1970 / essays by Michelle White, Isabelle Dervaux, Sarah Rothenberg.
Publication
  • Houston : The Menil Collection, [2019]
  • New Haven : Yale University Press
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011
  • White, Michelle, 1979-
  • Dervaux, Isabelle
  • Rothenberg, Sarah
  • Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), publisher.
Description
89 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color); 29 x 37 cm
Summary
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.
Alternative Title
Treatise on the veil, 1970
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Interstices of time: Cy Twombly's Treatise on the Veil / Isabelle Dervaux -- Cy Twombly Treatise on the Veil 1970 / Isabelle Drevaux -- In and out of Cy Twombly's Treatise works, 1968-1970 / Michelle White -- Cy Twombly 12 studies for Treatise on the Veil 1970, The Menil Collection / Michelle White -- Ripping the Veil: Cy Twombly's Treatise and the music of Pierre Henry / Sarah Rothenberg -- Exhibition history Treatise on the Veil 1970.
Call Number
JQG 19-1010
ISBN
  • 0300244576
  • 9780300244571
LCCN
2019903145
OCLC
1053574816
Title
Cy Twombly : Treatise on the Veil, 1970 / essays by Michelle White, Isabelle Dervaux, Sarah Rothenberg.
Publisher
Houston : The Menil Collection, [2019]
Distributor
New Haven : Yale University Press
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011, artist.
White, Michelle, 1979- author of essay.
Dervaux, Isabelle, author of essay.
Rothenberg, Sarah, author of essay.
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), publisher.
Cover Title
Treatise on the veil, 1970
Research Call Number
JQG 19-1010
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