Lot 773
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Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)
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Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)

Untitled

Details
Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)
Untitled
pastel on paper
26 1/4 x 19 in. (66.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1985.
Provenance
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985
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Lot Essay

"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)

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