Lot 225
  • 225

Francesco Clemente

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Francesco Clemente
  • Multitude
  • oil on board, mounted on aluminium 
  • 106.7 by 81.5cm.; 42 by 32 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1983-1984.

Provenance

Gian-Enzo Sperone, Rome
Private Collection

Exhibited

Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Francesco Clemente, Bilder und Skulpturen, 1985, no. 11, illustrated in colour
Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Francesco Clemente: Two Horizons, 1994, p. 140 & p. 213, no. 52, illustrated in colour

 

 

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, Clemente, 1999-2000, no. 41, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few minute spots of wear to all four corners and in isolated places along all four extreme edges. No restoration is apparent under ultra-violet light.
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