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Natural History Part I,
1975–76

Cy Twombly, 1928–2011; born Lexington, KY; died Rome, Italy; active Black Mountain, NC and Rome, Italy
Printed at Matthieu Studio
Published by Propyläen Verlag

2008-84

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Title

Natural History Part I

Dates

1975–76

Maker

Cy Twombly

Medium

Grano-lithograph, lithograph, crayon, Polaroid prints, and collage

Dimensions

sight: 75.7 × 55.8 cm (29 13/16 × 21 15/16 in.) frame: 82 × 62.4 × 3.3 cm (32 5/16 × 24 9/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Barnabas McHenry, Class of 1952, and Bannon McHenry in honor of Joel Smith

Object Number

2008-84

Place Made

Europe, Switzerland, Zurich

Inscription

Numbered and initialed in graphite on a red and white label, bottom right: 79//98 CT

Marks/Labels/Seals

Printer's blindstamp

Reference Numbers

Bastian 51

Culture

American

Type

prints, lithographs

Materials

wove paper, crayons, lithographic ink, instant camera photographs

Techniques

collage, lithography, mounting

Subject

collages, fungi, annals

"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2008," <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 68 (2009): p. 69-119., p. 85, illustrated

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Cy Twombly (1928–2011; born Lexington, KY; died Rome, Italy; active Black Mountain, NC and Rome, Italy), Printed at Matthieu Studio, Published by Propyläen Verlag, Natural History Part I, 1975–76. Grano-lithograph, lithograph, crayon, Polaroid prints, and collage; 75.7 × 55.8 cm (sight), 82 × 62.4 × 3.3 cm (frame). Gift of Barnabas McHenry, Class of 1952, and Bannon McHenry in honor of Joel Smith (2008-84) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/55626

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