Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011
2. White, Michelle, 1979-
3. Dervaux, Isabelle
4. Rothenberg, Sarah
5. Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), publisher.

Description

1. 89 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color); 29 x 37 cm

Summary

1. 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.

Alternative title

1. Treatise on the veil, 1970

Subject

1. Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011 > Treatise on the veil (Second version)
2. Criticism, interpretation, etc
3. Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011 > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Interstices of time: Cy Twombly's Treatise on the Veil / Isabelle Dervaux -- Cy Twombly Treatise on the Veil 1970 / Isabelle Drevaux -- In and out of Cy Twombly's Treatise works, 1968-1970 / Michelle White -- Cy Twombly 12 studies for Treatise on the Veil 1970, The Menil Collection / Michelle White -- Ripping the Veil: Cy Twombly's Treatise and the music of Pierre Henry / Sarah Rothenberg -- Exhibition history Treatise on the Veil 1970.

Call number

1. JQG 19-1010

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

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

Publisher

1. Houston : The Menil Collection, [2019]

Distributor

1. New Haven : Yale University Press

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Added author

1. Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011, artist.
2. White, Michelle, 1979- author of essay.
3. Dervaux, Isabelle, author of essay.
4. Rothenberg, Sarah, author of essay.
5. Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), publisher.

Cover title

1. Treatise on the veil, 1970

LCCN

1. 2019903145

ISBN

1. 0300244576 hardcover
2. 9780300244571 hardcover

Research call number

1. JQG 19-1010