Plate (folio 31, side B, recto) from The Departure of the Argonaut
1983 - 1986, published 1986
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one from an illustrated book of 68 lithographs on Okawara paper
Dimensions
overall: 64.5 x 100 cm (25 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner
Accession Number
1986.57.1.31b
About the Artist
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente was born on March 23, 1952, in Naples, Italy, into an aristocratic family as the only son of Judge Marchese Lorenzo Clemente di San Luca and his wife, Bianca Quarto. Drawn to art from childhood through dreamlike drawings inspired by recollections, he moved to Rome in 1970 to study architecture at Sapienza University but soon abandoned it for visual arts. There, he met the concep...