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Untitled, Lexington, Cy Twombly, 1948
Cy TwomblyAmerican, 1928–2011

Untitled, Lexington

1948 · Sculpture

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Source
The museum
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Particulars

Accession number
2022.1825

In the catalog

SculptureWoodPost-war art20th century

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Meanwhile, in the life of Cy Twombly

The whole life

  1. 1928–1946

    Childhood in Lexington in a baseball family

    Twombly’s father, also nicknamed “Cy”, pitched for the Chicago White Sox; father and son were both nicknamed after the baseball great Cy Young. Twombly graduates from Lexington High School in Virginia in 1946.

  2. 1947–1949 · Education

    School of the Museum of Fine Arts

  3. 1950–1951 · Education

    Art Students League of New York

  4. 1950–1951

    Meets Robert Rauschenberg

    On a tuition scholarship at the Art Students League of New York, Twombly meets Robert Rauschenberg, with whom he is briefly romantically involved. Rauschenberg encourages him to attend Black Mountain College.

More by Cy Twombly

All works
Untitled, Cy Twombly, 1970

Untitled

1970 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Untitled, Cy Twombly, New York 1955 (some cloth added in Philadelphia in 1975)

Untitled

New York 1955 (some cloth added in Philadelphia in 1975) · The Museum of Modern Art

« The Ceiling » (Le Plafond), Twombly, Edwin Parker Jr., XXIe siècle (2010)

« The Ceiling » (Le Plafond)

21st century (2010) · Musée du Louvre

Untitled, New York, Cy Twombly, 1953

Untitled, New York

1953 · Art Institute of Chicago

Sperlonga, Cy Twombly, 1959

Sperlonga

1959 · Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Bolsena), Cy Twombly, 1969

Untitled (Bolsena)

1969 · Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, Cy Twombly, 1950s

Untitled

1950s · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Untitled, Cy Twombly, 1950s

Untitled

1950s · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

Museum page
The Bedroom, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Georges Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte, 1877

Gustave Caillebotte

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, Paul Cézanne, c. 1893

Paul Cézanne

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), Claude Monet, 1890–91

Claude Monet

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, Grant Wood, 1930

Grant Wood

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942

Edward Hopper

Nighthawks, 1942