Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011)
printed by Donn Steward
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
Untitled Mezzotint
INV-9778
Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011)
printed by Donn Steward
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)1968
Untitled Mezzotint
Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011) printed by Donn Steward published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955) →mezzotintprint
Date
1968
Medium
Mezzotint and drypoint in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 22.4 × 14.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 40.7 cm (20 × 16 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund
Cy Twombly experimented with mezzotints at Universal Limited Art Editions workshop in Long Island, New York, in 1968, around when Robert Motherwell produced his window-like mezzotints there. The press had only recently established an intaglio studio in 1966, but as a result, Lee Bontecou, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, and Twombly had all started making intaglio prints before 1967. Frankenthaler would use mezzotint among other techniques in several prints beginning in the 1980s, and even Johns would eventually produce a colorful mezzotint series in 1995.
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Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011) printed by Donn Steward published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
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Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011) printed by Donn Steward published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
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Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011) printed by Donn Steward published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
