Live Auction 14189Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)
Lot 773 VISIONARIES: WORKS FROM THE EMILY AND JERRY SPIEGEL COLLECTION

Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)

Untitled

Closed18 May 2017

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Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)
Untitled
pastel on paper
26 1/4 x 19 in. (66.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1985.

Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985

Specialist note

"The way I think is in ideograms. I believe the language of images is logical, rational, correct way of thinking. I know I can think that way. So the paintings relate to the language of the body, of verbal language." (F. Clemente, quoted by Henry Geldzahler in “Approaching Clemente,” Francesco Clemente Affreschi, Pinturas al fresco, exh. cat., Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, 1987, p. 20)