A Francis Bacon double-panel self-portrait and a Cy Twombly "Blackboard" painting executed in blue - both in private collections for decades - were the highlights of Sotheby's auction of ...

Cy Twombly’s 1947 self-portrait, done in ink and gouache on paper, will be part of an auction set for 10 a.m. Oct. 25 at Quinn & Farmer Auctions at 2109 India Road.

A Francis Bacon double-panel self-portrait and a Cy Twombly Blackboard painting executed in blue — both in private collections for decades — were the highlights of Sotheby's auction of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Francis Bacon double-panel self-portrait and a Cy Twombly "Blackboard" painting executed in blue — both in private collections for decades — are the top highlights ...

Cy Twombly is a cultivated artist who has controlled his career so carefully that the more critics have disliked his paintings, the higher the prices collectors have paid for them.For 40 years, ...

He met Twombly as a young man in the 1980s in Rome, where he’d gone to study art. The two struck up a friendship inspired by their mutual love of art and common Virginia roots.

Cy Twombly’s 9-foot tall Untitled (Bacchus 1st Version II) was announced on Tuesday as the top lot of Christie’s marquee 21st-century auction with an estimate between US$18 million and US$25 ...

Francis Bacon, Cy Twombly artworks highlight Sotheby's sale. May 11, 2016 at 12:30 a.m. | Updated May 11, 2016 at 12:45 a.m.