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The Petersburg press has given two important lithographs by Francesco Clemente, a leading figure internationally in late 20th-century art. Clemente created Untitled B in connection with the publication of the Petersburg Press edition of “The Departure of the Argonaut,” 1986. In this long-format lithograph, the artist uses the serpent, a signature image in his personal iconography, to refer to Alberto Savinio’s La partenza del Argonauta, as first published in “Hermaphrodite,” 1918, as well as to creation myths from Hindu iconography. The scales of the serpent transform into the waves of the sea; the coiled serpent is reminiscent of sailor’s rope. Each print is like a journey scroll.

 

Source: News, Jul Aug Sep 2015


Printer
Perry Tymeson at Petersburg Press, New York
Publisher
Petersburg Press, Inc.
DimensionsOverall: 26 3/16 × 79 1/2 in. (66.5 × 201.9 cm)
Sheet (left): 26 3/16 × 19 15/16 in. (66.5 × 50.6 cm)
Sheet (center): 26 × 39 3/8 in. (66 × 100 cm)
Sheet (right): 26 × 19 15/16 in. (66 × 50.6 cm)
Accession Number 2015.34.a-.c
Classificationsprint
CopyrightThe Wylie Agency
SignedFrancesco Clemente (l,c of left panel in graphite)
InscriptionsAP XI/XX (l,c of left panel in graphite)
EditionEdition of 100
Paper/SupportOn three sheets of buff mould-made Okawara (Kozo)
Untitled B
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Francesco Clemente
1986
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines - a, middle
Francesco Clemente
1986
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Francesco Clemente
1984
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Francesco Clemente
1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
José Clemente Orozco
1930
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
José Clemente Orozco
1935
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
José Clemente Orozco
1930
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
José Clemente Orozco
1929
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Francesco Brizio
after Annibale Carracci
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Francesco Bartolozzi
after Lipriani
after 1786
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
date unknown