(Lexington, Virginia 1928–2011 Rome)
Untitled (Colomba Venezia), 1960, inscribed and dated Colomba Venezia, 1960; inscribed and signed Twombly galleria tartaruga Roma, on the reverse, ink on Japanese paper, 35 x 32.5 cm, framed, (AR)

The work has been registered by the Cy Twombly Foundation archive, Rome, in the Memorabilia department.

Provenance:
Arturo Deana Collection, Venice, 1960 (acquired directly from the artist)
Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome (written on the reverse)
Sotheby’s London, 16 October 2010
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Venice, Concorso Internazionale della Colomba, 1960, curated by Carlo Cardazzo;
Budapest, Olasz Magyar Akadémia, Close Up – From Andy Warhol to Cy Twombly, 2007, exh. cat. pp. 32 – 33 with ill.

The present work was executed in 1960 for the Concorso Internazionale Menu per La Colomba in Venice. This prize was created by Arturo Deana, owner of La Colomba restaurant, also a collector and patron of the arts. The president of the competition was Carlo Cardazzo (Galleria Del Cavallino, Venice), who was assisted by a jury composed by Michel Tapié, Marco Valsecchi, Milena Milani, Gualtieri di San Lazzaro and Umbro Apollonio. Many other artists participated in the competition, including Lucio Fontana, Georges Mathieu, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Emilio Vedova, Pierre Alechinsky, Serge Poliakoff and Giorgio de Chirico.