Auction sale reference

CY TWOMBLY

Sold for $15,397,000 at Sotheby's on May 14, 2013.

Large abstract canvas with sweeping black lines, faint marks, and scattered handwritten-looking elements on a pale ground.

Lot description

1928 - 2011 UNTITLED (BOLSENA) signed, inscribed Bolsena and dated 1969 on the reverse oil based house paint, lead pencil and wax crayon on canvas 78 3/4 by 94 1/2 in. 200 by 240 cm.

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