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Francesco Clemente
Vintage MOMA Francesco Clemente Museum of Modern Art 1986 dream myth poster

1986

$225
£171.27
€197.44
CA$320.43
A$349.48
CHF 183.74
MX$4,227.58
NOK 2,292.89
SEK 2,166.56
DKK 1,474.01

About the Item

This three-part work spanning 10 feet was printed from the plates of Francesco Clemente’s mythological landscape Untitled A on the occasion of the 1986 MoMA, New York show of Clemente’s The Departure of the Argonaut. The exhibit presented the entire contents of the large-scale volume published in 1986 by Petersburg Press, for which Clemente embellished 48 text folios of Alberto Savinio’s wartime diary. Bold red lettering reads: Alberto Savinio The Departure of the Argonaut Francesco Clemente The Museum of Modern Art November 6th 1986 - February 10th, 1987. This poster is not previously owned and comes directly from the archives of the publisher, Petersburg Press.
  • Creator:
    Francesco Clemente (1952, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    1986
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 120 in (304.8 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    This poster is not previously owned and comes directly from the archives of the publisher, Petersburg Press.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1211217034572

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