Cy Twombly Facsimile Objects

two polaroid sized prints on aluminum sit on a hand rubbed enzo mari autoprogettazione tabletop: a white peony against a dark background, and a section of a large painting with red blossom shapes of thinned acrylic that drip down like blood, in a studio. facsimile objects based on cy twombly photos, the one on the left with the peony is/was propped on the little urn and antlers combo holding twombly's ashes, which appears in the cy, dear documentary, on the top shelf of the foundation office in gaeta.
Cy Twombly Facsimile Objects CT1 and CT2, 2026, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 4.25 x 3.5 inches

I thought I’d try a little something, and then it turns out the minimum width for printing these is 4 inches, so I tried out two little somethings. I like them.

The thing about Twombly’s photos is that they’re rarely experienced as their original Polaroids; they’re either books–or, if you’re fancy—enlarged prints.

I think that’s changing a bit, but in the mean time, I wanted to see what they’re like at real size. They’re nice, and I could easily see why you’d want to collect’em all.