The Song of the Border Guard

Price Realised USD 2,268

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CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)

The Song of the Border Guard

Price Realised USD 2,268

CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
The Song of the Border Guard
linocut, on red wove paper, 1952, from the unsigned edition of approximately 200, published by Nicola Cernovich, Black Mountain, North Carolina, the full sheet, with the center vertical binding crease (as issued), in good condition, together with the accompanying poem by Robert Duncan on cream laid paper
Each Sheet: 13 x 20 in. (330 x 510 mm.)

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Lot Essay

Cy Twombly made this print while he was doing a study leave in Black Mountain College, North Carolina, with Robert Rauschenberg.