The Departure of the Argonaut

1983 - 1986, published 1986

Francesco Clemente

Artist, Italian, born 1952

Alberto Savinio

Author, Italian, 1891 - 1952

Rolf Neumann

Printer

Petersburg Press

Publisher

George Scrivani

Translator

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    illustrated book of 68 lithographs with letterpress text on Okawara mold-made kozo paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    overall (Each sheet): 64.5 x 100 cm (25 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)

  • 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

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