1928-2011
American nationality
Artistic movement : post-expressionism abstract
Number of works in the collection : 33

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Mathilde accompanies you during your visit:

QUOTE FROM THE ARTIST

“Each trait is inhabited by its own history, of which it is the present experience; it does not explain, it is the event of its own materialization.”

IN THE EYES OF YVON LAMBERT

“Cy Twombly has the same passion for mythology as I do. We have the same way of approaching these stories where the destiny of humans is subject only to the whims of gods and goddesses, not as scholars but with an instinctive connection between all eras of art history. […] Having watched Cy work in his studio, I confess that I am one of the privileged people who certainly know how to transcribe these writings that are hidden in his works. Between the graffiti that Brassaï photographed and the pornographic inscriptions on public garden toilets, these sentences always fill my imagination. Sometimes a stain replaces a word, like the one that marks the last part [of Pan’s polyptych].”

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO READ TO

The Guardian – I work in waves’ (2018)
Vogue – From the Archives: Cy Twombly: A Painted Word (2011)