Inspired by the Welsh poet Henry Vaughan’s text Silex Scintillans, Cy Twombly created three remarkably large-scale works on paper, of the same title, more than three centuries later. In its signature juxtaposition of haphazard handwriting, bold gestural ferocity and expressive painterly language, 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Silex Scintillans epitomises Twombly’s unique formal vocabulary. Before the work goes under the hammer in Sotheby’s168开奖官方开奖网站查询: Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 18 May, watch the video to view the painting while listening to Henry Vaughan’s poem The Storm.