Source interpretationhigh certainty
critical interpretation
MoMA frames Academy as retaining the conventional stretched-canvas format while refusing many expected conventions of painted imagery and material.
- Catalog medium
- Oil-based house paint, pencil, colored pencil, and pastel on canvas
- Collection
- The Museum of Modern Art
Physical record
Scale without reproducing the image
- Metric
- 191.1 × 241 cm
- Approx. imperial
- 6 ft 3.2 in × 7 ft 10.9 in
- Planar area (calculated)
- 4.61 m²
- Width / 170 cm reference
- 1.42×
- Height / 170 cm reference
- 1.12×
Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.
Image decision: Bundled display blocked by unclear/external_link_only.
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Process, material, form, ideas
Claims / interpretation
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Related records
- Painting, object, image and figuration after Abstract Expressionism, 1954–1962historical context · contextualizes without causal claim
Documented path / mapping basis exposed
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Object → maker
- Cy Twomblyartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.
Material & process
- House paintmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
- CanvasmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Formal & thematic
- Allover fieldformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Exhibition, place & history
- Painting, object, image and figuration after Abstract Expressionism, 1954–1962historical context · contextualizes without causal claimBasis: AEU graph edge rendered on this object record.
- Place this date on the AEU timeline1955Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.
Close Look
- Close-looking guideobservation → interpretationBasis: Companion route for this same object record.
Source register
Direct record sources
- Cy Twombly. Academy. New York 1955museum object · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09Open institutional source ↗