Natural History Part I: Mushrooms
1974
This extraordinary mixed media print by Cy Twombly combines lithograph, grano-lithograph, collotype, photochrome, paper collage, and crayon on Rives Couronne paper, creating a richly layered composition featuring botanical mushroom illustrations, photographic forest imagery, color reference strips, and Twombly's signature gestural crayon markings. Edited in 1974 as part of a limited edition of 98 copies, this example is numbered 32/98 in the lower left corner and hand signed by the artist in pencil in the lower right corner. The work is in very good condition with only slight discoloration at the top center caused by adhesive tape on the verso. It is catalogued in Heiner Bastian's CY TWOMBLY Das graphische werk 1953 to 1984: The printed graphic work, page 75, reference 46, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and a copy of the reference catalogue.
- Medium
- Lithograph, grano-lithograph, collotype, photochrome, paper collage and crayon on Rives Couronne paper
- Dimensions
- Edition
- 32 of 98
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Online
Notes
Framed size: 90.5 x 70 x 5.5 cm. Framed to museum standards in a handmade frame. Bibliography: CY TWOMBLY 'Das graphische werk 1953-1984 The printed graphic work' Heiner Bastian p. 75, Ref: 46. Certificate of Authenticity issued by gallery is included. A copy of the reference catalogue publication is also provided. Increased collector interest noted at time of listing (based on activity in past 14 days). Part of a limited edition set.
Collectors of Cy Twombly
Artists in conversation
Dieter Roth
Swiss-German · b. 1930
Roth created richly layered mixed media prints and books that combined photographic imagery, collage, gestural markings, and botanical or organic subject matter, mirroring Twombly's fusion of scientific illustration with expressive handmade marks in this mushroom series.
Joseph Beuys
German · b. 1921
Beuys produced prints and multiples that layered photographic collotype imagery with raw gestural crayon and pencil markings alongside nature and ecological themes, closely paralleling the combination of documentary botanical illustration and expressive scribbling found in this Twombly lithograph.
Robert Rauschenberg
American · b. 1925
Rauschenberg pioneered mixed media printmaking that merged photographic collotype transfers, paper collage, color lithography, and gestural drawing into unified compositions, employing the same layering of found imagery and handmade marks that defines this Twombly Natural History print.
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