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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | N6537.T96 A74 2019q Oversize | Off-site |
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- Description
- 89 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations; 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.
- ISBN
- 0300244576
- 9780300244571
- OCLC
- on1053574816
- SCSB-9464355
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library