Cy Twombly: Coronation of Sesostris Cassochrome depicted in the arc of

depicted in the arc of a single blazing day in Egypt from sunrise to journey’s end

This book was published on the occasion of Richard Artschwager at Gagosian

the objects—which occupy a territory somewhere between painting and sculpture—have a distinctive soft appearance and organic texture

In these new works

Produced by James William Blades

Cy Twombly: Coronation of Sesostris Cassochrome depicted in the arc ofThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Cy Twombly: Coronation of Sesostris at Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York. Coronation of Sesostris (2000) is a painting cycle in ten parts in which Twombly interprets Herodotuss recounting of the conquests of the Egyptian pharaoh Sesostris as a fantastical meta narrative, depicted in the arc of a single blazing day in Egypt from sunrise to journeys end. Begun in Gaeta, Italy, and completed