Artist Monograph

Cy Twombly, American

American, 1928–2011

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	13	29.5%
Lithography	10	22.7%
Oil Painting	7	15.9%
Other Media	3	6.8%
Drawing	3	6.8%
Gouache	3	6.8%
Sculpture	3	6.8%
Photography	1	2.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	31	70.5%
Painting & Sculpture	12	27.3%
Architecture & Design	1	2.3%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 26
Sculpture — 6
Painting — 6
Drawing — 5
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	12	30.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	20	51.3%
Large (1–3 m)	5	12.8%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	5.1%

Range: 17.3 cm → 640.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1967	4
1968	1
1969	2
1974	3
1975	7
1983	8
1985	1
1987	2
1992	1
1994	3
2002	1
2010	7
2016	4

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 44 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Print Acc. 174.1987	1952	Linoleum cut	composition (irreg. unfolded): 12 3/8 x 18 1/2" (31.5 x 47cm); sheet (unfolded): 13 1/16 x 20" (33.1 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Elinor and Edmund Grasheim Annual Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 881.2016	1954	Gouache, crayon, and colored pencil on paper	19 × 27 7/8" (48.3 × 70.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (by exchange). Given in honor of Kathy Fuld
Untitled Drawing Acc. 882.2016	1954	Gouache, crayon, and colored pencil on paper	19 × 24 7/8" (48.3 × 63.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle, the Denise and Andrew Saul Fund, and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (all by exchange)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 883.2016	1954	Gouache, crayon, and colored pencil on paper	19 × 24 7/8" (48.3 × 63.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (by exchange). Given in honor of Kathy Fuld
Academy Painting Acc. 1054.2010	New York 1955	Oil-based house paint, pencil, colored pencil, and pastel on canvas	75 1/4 x 94 7/8" (191.1 x 241 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mary Sisler bequest, Richard S. Zeisler bequest, and gift of Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn (all by exchange)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 503.1992	(1955)	Pencil on paper	24 3/8 x 36 1/8" (62 x 91.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 1053.2010	New York 1955 (some cloth added in Philadelphia in 1975)	Wood, cloth, twine, and paint	22 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 5 5/8" (56.5 x 14.3 x 13cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Steven and Alexandra Cohen
The Italians Painting Acc. 504.1969	Rome, January 1961	Oil, pencil, and crayon on canvas	6' 6 5/8" x 8' 6 1/4" (199.5 x 259.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Leda and the Swan Painting Acc. 612.1994	Rome 1962	Oil, pencil, and crayon on canvas	6' 3" x 6' 6 3/4" (190.5 x 200 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection (both by exchange)
A from Sketches Print Acc. 292.1975.1	1967, published 1975	One from a portfolio of six etchings	plate 2 1/4 x 8 3/8" (5.8 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
B from Sketches Print Acc. 292.1975.2	1967, published 1975	One from a portfolio of six etchings	plate 4 5/16 x 6 7/8" (11 x 17.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
C from Sketches Print Acc. 292.1975.3	1967, published 1975	One from a portfolio of six etchings	plate 4 3/4 x 6 7/8" (12 x 17.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
D from Sketches Print Acc. 292.1975.4	1967, published 1975	One from a portfolio of six etchings	plate 5 1/16 x 6 15/16" (12.9 x 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
E from Sketches Print Acc. 292.1975.5	1967, published 1975	One from a portfolio of six etchings	plate 6 13/16 x 4 7/8" (17.3 x 12.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
F from Sketches Print Acc. 292.1975.6	1967, published 1975	One from a portfolio of six etchings	plate 6 7/8 x 4 5/16" (17.4 x 10.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Note I from an untitled series Print Acc. 2492.1967	1967	Etching	plate: 8 7/8 x 10 7/8" (22.6 x 27.7cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 13/16 x 20 3/8" (65.5 x 51.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Note II from an untitled series Print Acc. 2493.1967	1967	Etching	plate: 8 7/8 x 10 7/8" (22.5 x 27.6cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 1/2 x 20 5/16" (64.8 x 51.6cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Note III from an untitled series Print Acc. 2494.1967	1967	Etching	plate: 8 7/8 x 10 7/8" (22.5 x 27.6cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 20 3/8" (65.3 x 51.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Note IV from an untitled series Print Acc. 2495.1967	1967	Etching	plate: 8 7/8 x 10 15/16" (22.5 x 27.8cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 3/8 x 20 1/4" (64.5 x 51.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Sketches Print Acc. 292.1975.1-6	1967, published 1975	Portfolio of six etchings	Various plate dimensions. Sheet (ea. approx.): 8 7/8 x 12 1/8" (21.9 x 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Untitled I Print Acc. 276.1974	1967–74, dated 1967	Etching and aquatint	plate: 23 9/16 × 28 1/4" (59.8 × 71.7 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 40 5/8" (70 × 103.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Untitled II Print Acc. 277.1974	1967–74, dated 1967	Etching and aquatint	plate: 23 5/8 × 28 1/4" (60 × 71.7 cm); sheet: 27 3/8 × 40 3/8" (69.5 × 102.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Untitled Print Acc. 1392.1968	1968	Mezzotint and drypoint	plate: 8 13/16 x 5 15/16" (22.4 x 15.1 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 16" (51 x 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Untitled Painting Acc. 5.1969	1968	Oil-based house paint and crayon on canvas	68 1/8" x 7' 3 1/8" (172.8 x 216 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Barbara Jakobson and John R. Jakobson
Untitled Painting Acc. 614.1994	1970	Oil-based house paint and crayon on canvas	13' 3 3/8" x 21' 1/8" (405 x 640.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection (both by exchange)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 126.2002	1972	Rubber stamp, crayon, graphite, and ink on paper	61 1/2 x 78 1/2" (156.2 x 199.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of UBS
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.21	1973	Lithograph and collotype from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition: 30 x 21 15/16" (76.2 x 55.8cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 21 15/16" (76 x 55.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.28	1973	Lithograph and screenprint from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition (irreg.): 11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2cm); sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 15/16" (30.2 x 22.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Steven M. Feinstein
Apollodoro from the portfolio Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.5	1975-1976	One from a portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	plate 10 x 13" (25.4 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Catullus from the portfolio Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.4	1975-1976	One from a portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	plate 10 x 13" (25.4 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Orazio from the portfolio Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.3	1975-1976	One from a portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	plate 10 x 13" (25.4 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Ovidio from the portfolio Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.6	1975-1976	One from a portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	plate 13 x 10" (33 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.1-7	(1975, published 1976)	Portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	Plate (each, 3 horizontal): 25 1/2 x 19 11/16" (64.8 x 50 cm) Sheet (each approx.): 25 1/2 x 19 11/16" (64.8 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Tacitus from the portfolio Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.2	1975-1976	One from a portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	plate 13 x 10" (33 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Title page from the portfolio Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.1	1975-76	One from a portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	plate 13 x 10" (33 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Virgilius from the portfolio Six Latin Writers and Poets Print Acc. 638.1983.7	1975-1976	One from a portfolio of seven embossed lithographs	plate: 13 x 10" (33 x 25.4 cm); sheet: 25 1/2 x 19 11/16" (64.8 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arthur Stanton
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 1055.2010	Rome 1976	Cardboard, cloth, and house paint	76 x 6 5/8 x 4 1/4" (193 x 17 x 11 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Cy Twombly Foundation
Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics Design Acc. 200.2016.18	1983	Lithograph	33 1/2 × 24 1/4" (85.1 × 61.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Krešimir Penović
Untitled from the portfolio Art and Sports Print Acc. 166.1985	1983	Lithograph and aquatint, printed in color	plate 29 15/16 x 21 3/4" (76 x 55.2 cm) sheet 35 3/8 x 24 5/8" (89.8 x 62.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 1056.2010	Rome 1984-85	Wood, plaster, nails, and paint	20 x 20 3/4 x 9 3/8" (51 x 52.5 x 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
By the Ionian Sea Sculpture Acc. 1057.2010	Naples 1988	Bronze, wax crayon, and oil-based paint	12 1/8 x 22 7/8 x 19 5/8" (30.8 x 58.1 x 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 1058.2010	Jupiter Island 1992	Wood, plaster, plastic leaves, wire, cloth, sand, and paint	57 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 8" (145 x 18 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase, with major support for this acquisition provided by The Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Glenstone, Joan Tisch, Richard S. Zeisler bequest (by exchange), gift of Philip Johnson (by exchange), and gift of James Thrall Soby (by exchange)
The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Painting Acc. 613.1994.a-d	1993-94	Synthetic polymer paint, oil, house paint, pencil and crayon on four canvases	Spring 10' 3 1/8" x 6' 2 7/8" (312.5 x 190 cm), Summer 10' 3 3/4" x 6' 7 1/8" (314.5 x 201 cm), Autumn 10' 3 1/2" x 6' 2 3/4" (313.7 x 189.9 cm), Winter 10' 3 1/4" x 6' 2 7/8" (313 x 190.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 1059.2010	Lexington 2005	Plaster, paint, wood, cardboard, metal, paper, cloth, twine, and pencil	46 1/4 x 11 x 17 1/8" (117.4 x 27.9 x 43.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase