Poetic Obituaries: [Cy] Twombly's canvases are typically huge,

with large areas often left unmarked. They are punctuated with scribbles, smudges, mathematical symbols, fragments of poetry, references to classical antiquity, obscene doodles, and--increasingly in his later years--vigorous blotches and drips of bright paint.

He was a voracious reader whose works are filled with casual allusions and quotations, many indecipherable. The marks he left on his canvases at times resemble scrawled marginalia in textbooks or poems, at other times the graffiti he saw in Rome.

from The Boston Globe: Artist Cy Twombly, who scrawled wildly on canvas, dies at 83
then PBS Newshour: Photo Essay: American Painter Cy Twombly Dies at 83
then CNN U.S.: Celebrated modern artist Cy Twombly dies at 83
then Los Angeles Times: Cy Twombly dies at 83; internationally renowned American artist
then Cy Twombly Gallery 1951-59

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