From Jul 5, 2011

Letter of Resignation XXXI by Cy Twombly, 1967, Ink and Graphite on Paper, collection of John Waters (who described Tyomblys techique, as the "poetics of hte palmer method"

From Jul 5, 2011

Cy Twombly, Anadyomene, Bassano in Teverina 1981, wood, nails, crayon, paint, cloth, and screw eye, 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 29" (47 x 57.1 x 73.6 cm). Private collection, Rome

From Jul 5, 2011

Cy Twombly, Roman Notes, Lithograph

‘In his own particular way, Twombly tells us that the essence of writing is neither form nor usage but simply gesture - the gesture that produces it by allowing it to happen: a garble, almost a smudge, a negligence. We can reason this out through a comparison. What would be the essence of a pair of trousers (if it has one)? Certainly not that carefully prepared and rectilinear object found on the racks of department stores; rather the ball of cloth dropped on the floor by the negligent hand of a young boy when he undresses tired, lazy and indifferent. The essence of an object has something to do with the way it turns into trash. It is not necessarily what remains after the object has been used, it’s rather what is thrown away in use. And so it is with Twombly’s writings. They are the fragments of an indolence, and this makes them extremely elegant; it’s as though the only thing left after the strongly erotic act of writing were the languid fatigue of love: a garment cast aside into a corner of the page.” Barthes, on Twombly.

From Jul 5, 2011

From the Blossom Show, in Chicago, his last big american show.