One of the essential artists of our time, Cy Twombly is known primarily for his paintings, but his less well known sculptural oeuvre is an important dimension of his work as an artist. This large-format publication reveals his extensive body of sculptural work. Inspired by Kurt Schwitters, Giacometti, and Surrealist object art, some of his early assemblages date back to the 50s-these pieces are composed of everyday found objects, which Tombly arranged in the form of magical or fetishistic objects; later he began to cover them with a uniform coat of white paint. Thus placed in a new formal context, the original meaning of the individual pieces is blurred, opening them up to a limitless horizon of associations, connecting them with a wide range of cultural references. Literature and music are evoked, archaic civilizations come to life, even landscapes and the natural elegance of plants are implied. Twombly's always-white sculptures contain both an odd, ethereal quality and an aura of timeless poetry.

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