Cy Twombly
This book was published on the occasion of Cy Twombly at Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York. Featuring works from 1968 through 1990, the exhibition included three distinct bodies of work: “blackboard” paintings with terse white scrawls and loops made from 1968 through 1971; colorful, painterly canvases produced in Italy in the 1980s; and Five Day Wait at Jiayuguan (1980), a suite of works on paper that debuted at the 39th Biennale di Venezia.
The catalogue comprises two booklets in a hardcover portfolio-style case with ribbon closure. One volume reproduces twenty-two of the exhibited works—Five Day Wait at Jiayuguan is the focus of a separate facsimile publication—and the second volume includes a foreword by Larry Gagosian, an essay by art historian Suzanne Hudson, and the transcription of a lecture by Jenny Saville originally delivered at the Menil Collection, Houston, in 2024. Hudson focuses on Twombly’s verdant works from the 1980s, discussing their evocation of the natural environment and painterly process, and analyzing their forms and critical reception in light of his oeuvre. Saville reflects on her encounters with Twombly, conveying insights about the significance of his work from her perspective as a fellow painter.
Publisher: Gagosian
Publication date: 2025
Contributors: Larry Gagosian, Suzanne Hudson, Jenny Saville
Designer: Graphic Thought Facility, London
Printer: Pureprint Group, Uckfield, England
Format: Two softcovers in hardcover case
Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (26.7 × 34.6 cm)
Pages: 80
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-951449-84-1
