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Title	Leda and the Swan.
Creator	Twombly, Cy (American painter, draftsman, printmaker, and sculptor, born 1928)
Date	1961
Cultural Context	American North American
Style/Period	Modern (styles and periods) Abstract (fine arts style) Contemporary
Subject	Abstract paintings Abstract works Abstract drawings Graffiti Hearts
Description	Oil, oilstick, and crayon on canvas.
Material	Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Oil on canvas Oil sticks Crayons (drawing material) Canvas
Measurements	6' 2 3/4" x 6' 6 3/4" (190 x 200 cm)
Technique	Painting (image-making) Oil painting (technique) Drawing (image-making)
Work Type	Paintings Oil paintings Drawings Crayon drawings Abstract paintings Abstract drawings Abstract works
Source	Varnedoe, Kirk, and Adam Gopnik. High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture. New York: Museum of Modern Art; Abrams, 1990. (p.96, fig.48)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Varndedoe courtesy: Heiner Bastian, Berlin; Collection the artist.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 2435-04.jpg
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