The Departure of the Argonaut
1983 - 1986, published 1986
Artist, Italian, born 1952
Author, Italian, 1891 - 1952
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Artwork overview
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Medium
illustrated book of 68 lithographs with letterpress text on Okawara mold-made kozo paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (Each sheet): 64.5 x 100 cm (25 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
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Accession
1986.57.1.1-49
Associated Artworks
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Plate (folio 47, side B) from The Departure of the Argonaut
Francesco Clemente, Rolf Neumann, Petersburg Press
1983

Plate (folio 35, side B, recto) from The Departure of the Argonaut
Francesco Clemente, Rolf Neumann, Petersburg Press
1983

Plate (folio 37, side B) from The Departure of the Argonaut
Francesco Clemente, Rolf Neumann, Petersburg Press
1983
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1988
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.
2024
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.
Inscriptions
center in graphite on colophon p.: Francesco Clemente; lower center in plate on colophon p.: Images @ Francesco Clemente 1986 / HERMAPHRODITO @ Giulio Einaudi editore s .p.a. Torino 1974. English Translation @ George Scrivani 1986 / Publication @ Petersburg Press 1986; lCp//on title p.: Petersburg Press / 1986; each sh. stamped w/ the artist's mark