Seascape [trial proof]

1981

Francesco Clemente

Associated Names
Francesco Clemente

Artist, Italian, born 1952

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Peter Pettengill

Printer, American

Hidekatsu Takada

Printer, American

The image features a series of loosely connected lines and shapes forming an abstract composition. In the upper part are two elongated forms resembling a spoon and an arm connected by a line, and a jar-like shape. Below these is a large pair of scissors intersecting with various lines. To the right, there is a pattern of swirling lines. Scattered among these elements are small sketches of human figures and other objects, such as teeth and a star. The overall arrangement resembles a workbench cluttered with tools and curious findings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and softground etching in black on handmade Don Farnsworth paper [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 x 14.9 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 62.9 x 29.9 cm (24 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.142.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kathan Brown, San Francisco: Gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite; along bottom verso of sheet: tp. Francesco Clemente

Markings

stamped in brown, lower left verso: [chop of Crown Point Press] / Hidekatsu Takada / Crown Point Press

Watermarks

Farnsworth

Wikidata ID

Q76339706

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