Cy Twombly : Treatise on the Veil, 1970 / essays by Michelle White, Isabelle Dervaux, Sarah Rothenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Michelle, 1979- author of essay.

Dervaux, Isabelle, author of essay.

Rothenberg, Sarah, author of essay.

Contributor:

Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011, artist.

Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011. Treatise on the veil (Second version).

Twombly, Cy.

Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011--Criticism and interpretation.

Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

89 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 x 37 cm

Distribution:

New Haven : Yale University Press.

Other Title:

Treatise on the veil, 1970

Place of Publication:

Houston : The Menil Collection, [2019]

Summary:

A breathtaking exploration of one of Twombly's largest paintings, the second version of his Treatise on the Veil. One of the most important American postwar artists, Cy Twombly (1928-2011) engaged with mythological and poetic source material, setting him apart from other artists of his generation. In 1970, Twombly revisited his 1968 painting Treatise on the Veil and, in a short period of focused creativity, produced a painting-Treatise on the Veil (Second Version)-on a single, 33-foot canvas along with more than a dozen related drawings. This handsomely produced oversize book features three essays that examine these works in relation to Twombly's oeuvre, contemporaneous explorations of time, the Orpheus myth, and a musical composition that Twombly cited as an influence. Large images and details bring us in close to Twombly's magnificent meditation on time and space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0300244576

9780300244571

OCLC:

1053574816