Cy Twombly (1928-2011), On Returning from Tonnicoda

Cy Twombly (1928-2011)
On Returning from Tonnicoda
signed, dated and inscribed 'Cy Twombly Roma Aug. 1973 (for Giorgio Franchetti)' (on the reverse)
oil paint, wax crayon and pencil on paper
27 ½ x 39 3/8in. (70 x 100cm.)
Executed in 1973

Provenance
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin.
Private Collection, Rome.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION

Literature
Y. Lambert (ed.), Catalogue raisonné des oeuvres sur papier de Cy Twombly, Volume VI 1973-1976, Milan 1979, no. 45 (illustrated, p. 72).
N. Del Roscio (ed.), Cy Twombly Drawings Cat. Rais. Vol. 6 1972-1979, Munich 2016, no. 70 (illustrated in colour, p. 77).