attending all of the auction previews at christie's, sotheby's, or bonham's is one of the things that my husband, bob, and i both miss about living in london.
our recent visit to london coincided with post war and contemporary art week. so, of course we couldn't resist attending the evening auction previews after work, and before dinner.
instead of neo-expressionist or figurative painters, such as basquiat or bacon, many of my favorite artists, such as cy twombly, are abstract expressionists.
somehow, the freedom and spontaneity of their work is really appealing...
if i could have bid on anything, it would have been twombly's calligraphy drawings at christie's, king street.
sold for GBP 577,250 | US$ 906,283
cy twombly (1928-2011) | untitled | gouache and wax crayon on card | 1970
post war and contemporary art evening auction | 14 feb 2012 | christie's | london, king street | sale 8052 lot 24
photo credit christie's
sold for GBP 713,250 | US$ 1,119,803
cy twombly (1928-2011) | untitled | gouache and wax crayon on card | 1970
post war and contemporary art evening auction | 14 feb 2012 | christie's | london, king street | sale 8052 lot 47
photo credit christie's
cy twombly | untitled | gouache and wax crayon on paper | 1969
cy twombly-works from the sonnabend collection | 7 feb-17 mar 2012 | eykyn-maclean | london, united kingdom
photo credit (c) cy twombly foundation
eykyn-maclean gallery is showing cy twombly-works from the sonnabend collection from 7 february-17 march 2012---one of the many museum quality commercial exhibits that accompany the february impressionst, modern, post war, and contemporary art auctions in london.
if you could, which would you choose? a cy twombly calligraphy or blackboard drawing?
cy twombly blackboard drawing above the bar in the apartment of aerin lauder zinterhofer | new york, NY
photo credit francois halard
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