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Fifty Days at Iliam
Cy Twombly, American, 1928 - 2011
Geography:
Made in Italy, Europe
Date:
1978Medium:
In ten parts: oil, oil crayon, and graphite on canvasDimensions:
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© Cy Twombly FoundationCuratorial Department:
Contemporary Art
1989-90-1--10Credit Line:
Gift (by exchange) of Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, 1989
Made in Italy, Europe
Date:
1978Medium:
In ten parts: oil, oil crayon, and graphite on canvasDimensions:
See individual object records for dimensions.Copyright:
© Cy Twombly FoundationCuratorial Department:
Contemporary Art
* Gallery 184, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor (Gray Charitable Trust Gallery I)
Accession Number:1989-90-1--10Credit Line:
Gift (by exchange) of Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, 1989
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abstract [x] contemporary [x] homer [x] literary reference [x] narrative [x]In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" based on Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, the works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem in Twombly's characteristic synthesis of words and images. The ten large canvases follow one another much like a developing narrative. They are ordered as follows: Shield of Achilles (on view in Gallery 184); Heroes of the Achaeans; Vengeance of Achilles; Achaeans in Battle; The Fire that Consumes All Before It; Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector; House of Priam; Ilians in Battle; Shades of Eternal Night; Heroes of the Ilians (on view in Gallery 185).
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