Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly

Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly

"The most substantive biography of the artist to date...propulsive, positive and persuasive."â€”Holland Cotter, New York Times Book Review

**A Marfield Prize Finalist**

**Finalist for the PEN / Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography**

**A New York Times Editors Choice**

Cy Twombly was a man obsessed with myth and historyâ€”including his own. Shuttling between stunning homes in Italy and the United States where he perfected his room-size canvases, he managed his public image carefully and rarely gave interviews.Â

Upon first seeing Twomblyâ€™s remarkable paintings, writer Joshua Rivkin became obsessed himself with the mysterious artist, and began chasing every lead, big or smallâ€”anything that might illuminate those works, or who Twombly really was.Â

Now, after unprecedented archival research and years of interviews, Rivkin has reconstructed Twomblyâ€™s life, from his time at the legendary Black Mountain College to his canonization in a 1994 MoMA retrospective; from his heady explorations of Rome in the 1950s with Robert Rauschenberg to the ongoing efforts to shape his legacy after his death.

Including previously unpublished photographs, Chalk presents a more personal and searching type of biography than weâ€™ve ever encountered, and brings to life a more complex Twombly than weâ€™ve ever known
Country USA
Brand Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 2018-10-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612197180

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	unknown
Color	Navy
ReleaseDate	2018-10-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781612197180

Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly

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