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Cy Twombly — Captiva
Cy Twombly — Captiva
Cy Twombly — Captiva
Cy Twombly — Captiva
Cy Twombly

Captiva

1991

A mixed-media work on paper featuring Twombly's characteristic gestural scrawls in graphite, crayon, and blue wax crayon, with a small collaged photograph of a white heron or egret affixed near the upper center. Inscriptions including 'Captiva,' numbers, and the artist's signature situate the work within his Captiva Island series, where the natural environment of the Florida barrier island deeply influenced his mark-making. The dynamic diagonal strokes and spiraling blue passages evoke wind, water, and movement, while the collaged photographic element anchors the composition in observed nature.

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Cy Twombly, Captiva, 1991

A mixed-media work on paper featuring Twombly's characteristic gestural scrawls in graphite, crayon, and blue wax crayon, with a small collaged photograph of a white heron or egret affixed near the upper center. Inscriptions including 'Captiva,' numbers, and the artist's signature situate the work within his Captiva Island series, where the natural environment of the Florida barrier island deeply influenced his mark-making. The dynamic diagonal strokes and spiraling blue passages evoke wind, water, and movement, while the collaged photographic element anchors the composition in observed nature.

Year
1991

Related themes

Blue Ink, Mixed Media, Nature Inspired, Collage, Abstract Expressionism, Unique Work, Gestural Drawing, Contemporary

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Collected by

David Chen, Rocky Lindt, Art Institute of Chicago, Alex Capecelatro