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Happy Birthday, Cy Twombly

Artsy Editorial
Apr 25, 2013 2:32PM
Note III, 2005-2007
Gagosian Gallery
Lepanto, 2001
Gagosian Gallery

On the occasion of his birthday, we remember the late Cy Twombly for his luscious, passionate scribbles (that we never really forgot in the first place). Although Twombly was arguably one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, the fame never went to his head. “I didn’t have to bother with myself ever,” he once said, “except as a vehicle to look for subject matter.”

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