
Natural History Part I Mushrooms
Cy Twombly's *Natural History Part I: Mushrooms* is a complete set of ten lithographs combining collotype in colors with collage and delicate touches of hand-coloring on Rives Couronne paper. The works reflect Twombly's characteristically poetic sensibility, merging botanical imagery with his loose, gestural mark-making and handwritten text to evoke a sense of organic growth and mythological resonance. The layered techniques — printmaking, collage, and hand-coloring — create richly textured surfaces that blur the boundary between fine art and natural specimen study.
- Medium
- The complete set of 10 lithographs with collotype in colors with collage and touches of hand-coloring, on Rives Couronne paper, the full sheets,
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- Auction House · Phillips
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Evening & Day Editions
April 25, 2016
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