Cy Twombly (1929 Lexington - 2011 Rome) Untitled from 'Hommage à Picasso', offset lithograph in colours on paper, sheet size 76 cm x 56 cm, monogrammed, dated 73, numbered 54/150, slightly creasedProvenance: Private collection, HanoverLiterature: Cat. rais. Bastian 40In his idiosyncratic works, Twombly combines collages with frenetic abstract brushstrokes and elements from scientific drawing. The American painter was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1928. At the age of 14 be began attending painting classes and lectures by the Spanish artist Pierre Daura, through whom he first came into contact with European art. He later continued his education at the Art Students League, where he met Robert Rauschenberg. Twombly developed an expressive, abstract style early on, in whose gestural brushwork he sought to express his own physical and psychological presence. In the 1970s, he began incorporating paper collages into his work, mixing painting mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolour, and pastel to create different surfaces. The portfolio "Hommage à Picasso" consisted of 68 prints in various techniques.