Lot 186
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Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)
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Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)

Untitled (Self-Portrait)

Details
Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)
Untitled (Self-Portrait)
signed and dated 'Francesco Clemente 1990' (on the reverse)
watercolour on paper
18 1/8 x 24in. (46 x 61cm.)
Executed in 1990
Provenance
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris.
Galerie Beyeler, Basle (12134).
Exhibited
Basle, Galerie Beyeler, Francesco Clemente, June-September 1991, no. 63.
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Lot Essay

"The self-portrait for me is justified... by the idea that the ego re-emerges, continually new... The idea of the self-portrait is tied to the repetition of the ego and the rebirth of the ego. It is the contrary of the mirror".(F. Clemente, in: exh. cat., Francesco Clemente. Opera su Carta, Turin 1999, p. 127.)

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