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Cy Twombly. Fifty Days At Iliam. A Painting In Ten Parts.

$95.00

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Propyläen Verlag; First Edition (January 1, 1979)

Language ‏ : ‎ English, German

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 17 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3549066430

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3549066430

Condition: Used/Good

Slim volume, unpaginated (17 pages), with 10 full-color illustrations. Text is in German and English. Accordion-bound sheets with a plastic cover. First edition, 1979. Illustrated endpapers. Published by Edition Heiner Bastian im Propyläen Verlag, Band V.

In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, these works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem through Twombly's characteristic fusion of words and images.

The ten large canvases unfold sequentially, resembling a developing narrative. They are titled as follows:

  1. Shield of Achilles

  2. Heroes of the Achaeans

  3. Vengeance of Achilles

  4. Achaeans in Battle

  5. The Fire That Consumes All Before It

  6. Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector

  7. House of Priam

  8. Ilians in Battle

  9. Shades of Eternal Night

  10. Heroes of the Ilians

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Propyläen Verlag; First Edition (January 1, 1979)

Language ‏ : ‎ English, German

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 17 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3549066430

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3549066430

Condition: Used/Good

Slim volume, unpaginated (17 pages), with 10 full-color illustrations. Text is in German and English. Accordion-bound sheets with a plastic cover. First edition, 1979. Illustrated endpapers. Published by Edition Heiner Bastian im Propyläen Verlag, Band V.

In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, these works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem through Twombly's characteristic fusion of words and images.

The ten large canvases unfold sequentially, resembling a developing narrative. They are titled as follows:

  1. Shield of Achilles

  2. Heroes of the Achaeans

  3. Vengeance of Achilles

  4. Achaeans in Battle

  5. The Fire That Consumes All Before It

  6. Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector

  7. House of Priam

  8. Ilians in Battle

  9. Shades of Eternal Night

  10. Heroes of the Ilians

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Propyläen Verlag; First Edition (January 1, 1979)

Language ‏ : ‎ English, German

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 17 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3549066430

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3549066430

Condition: Used/Good

Slim volume, unpaginated (17 pages), with 10 full-color illustrations. Text is in German and English. Accordion-bound sheets with a plastic cover. First edition, 1979. Illustrated endpapers. Published by Edition Heiner Bastian im Propyläen Verlag, Band V.

In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, these works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem through Twombly's characteristic fusion of words and images.

The ten large canvases unfold sequentially, resembling a developing narrative. They are titled as follows:

  1. Shield of Achilles

  2. Heroes of the Achaeans

  3. Vengeance of Achilles

  4. Achaeans in Battle

  5. The Fire That Consumes All Before It

  6. Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector

  7. House of Priam

  8. Ilians in Battle

  9. Shades of Eternal Night

  10. Heroes of the Ilians

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