The Cy Twombly Foundation is a private non-profit foundation established in 2005. Our mission is to foster the study and preservation of the work and legacy of Cy Twombly. We are engaged in a comprehensive project to research and publish Catalogues Raisonnés that illustrate and detail the artist’s work, and are committed to supporting other scholarship on the artist and exhibitions of his work around the world. We also support philanthropic initiatives and organizations that embody the spirit of the artist and charitable endeavors. For institutions that encourage a deeper and broader appreciation of the artist, we have made special gifts of his work to their permanent collections.
The Cy Twombly Foundation maintains offices in New York City, Rome, and Gaeta, and is managed by its President together with its Secretary and a Board of Directors.
Please note that we do not conduct appraisals, nor authenticate works. Therefore, the Cy Twombly Foundation does not issue certificates of authenticity or any other type of opinion but invites to consult the Catalogues Raisonnés that scientifically gather and document the work of the artist.
Moreover, we advise vendors not to use taglines stating that a work is registered in the Foundation’s archives, because such a reference may be misinterpreted as an ersatz certificate.
The Cy Twombly Foundation Archives maintain a comprehensive archive of materials pertaining to Cy Twombly’s life and work, which we hope will assist research and publications by new generations of artists, writers, and historians.
For qualified scholars, curators, and researchers, we may respond to questions or make selected materials available. Requests for information can be sent to info@cytwombly.org.
We continue to collect and add to our library and documentation of Cy Twombly’s life and work, including reference material, publications, photographs and miscellaneous other items. If you possess any such materials, we very much appreciate donations.
The Cy Twombly Foundation retains all rights, including copyright, in all paintings, drawings, sculptures, and graphic works by Cy Twombly. Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio retains all rights, including copyright, in all photographic work by Cy Twombly.
To use any images or content owned by the Cy Twombly Foundation, permission must be obtained directly from us. Please note that, as a matter of policy, the Foundation grants one-time permissions only.
In order to apply for reproduction permissions and obtain the copyright caption, please email the complete details of the request to info@cytwombly.org.
Please note that we do not hold the copyright in some materials such as photographs of artwork and portraits of the artist under copyright by the photographer or the photographer’s heirs. For those materials, permission must be obtained from the appropriate copyright holder. If there are any questions regarding the copyright status of any materials, please feel free to ask us.
This website and all interviews are made available for non-commercial research purposes only and may not be duplicated or distributed without express written permission from the individual interview copyright holders and the Cy Twombly Foundation.