Friday, September 18, 2009
Eli Broad Bags a Twombly at Gagosian
Los Angeles collector Eli Broad has purchased a bronze Cy Twombly sculpture from the current show at the Gagosian Gallery in New York.
Broad’s newest acquisition, believed to be Untitled (The Mathematical Dream of Ashurbanipal, 2000-2009, was selected and paid for before the exhibit opened Tuesday night at the gallery’s Madison Avenue branch. The price was not disclosed.
The show, titled “Eight Sculptures” remains on view until Oct. 31. The sculptures are painted with white gesso and evolve from the artist’s sculptures made from found objects.
New paintings by Twombly are on also view at Gagosian’s recently opened Athens gallery.





