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Natural History, Part I; Mushrooms, No. 1

Artist Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011)
Date1974
Dimensions(Sheet) H: 30 in. (76.2 cm); W: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
MediumMixed media (print & collage).
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineGift of the Woodward Foundation, by exchange
Object number
2006.169
Not on View
Label TextThroughout his career, Cy Twombly has played with the idea of text—and of what “reads” as text to a modern viewer—without using actual language. Over time he has created a vocabulary of various signs and marks, sometimes sexually charged, that read on a metaphorical level rather than according to any form of traditional iconography.Published Referencesnone listed in WACExhibition HistoryTMA, Word Play (October 16, 2009- February 7, 2010)

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