FRANCESCO CLEMENTE (B. 1952)
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE (B. 1952)
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FRANCESCO CLEMENTE (B. 1952)

Grisaille Self-Portrait

Details
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE (B. 1952)
Grisaille Self-Portrait
signed and dated 'Francesco Clemente 1998' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1998.
Provenance
Private collection, London, acquired directly from the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Francesco Clemente: The Painter's Wardrobe, April-June 1999.
Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Francesco Clemente, February-August 2000.

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Lot Essay

"The self-portrait for me is justified exactly by the idea that the ego re-emerges, continually new. For me, the idea of the self-portrait is tied to the repetition of the ego and the rebirth of the ego. It is the contrary of the mirror."
—Francesco Clemente, 1999

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