Auction sale reference

CY TWOMBLY

Sold for $17,442,500 at Sotheby's on May 9, 2012.

Dark gray painting covered with looping white crayon-like lines and marks.

Lot description

PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR 1928 - 2011 UNTITLED (NEW YORK CITY) signed and dated 1970 on the reverse oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas 56 1/2 x 70 in. 143.5 x 177.8 cm.

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