Untitled (Hand)

1987

Not on view

Part of a portfolio of five images focusing on hand gestures, this self-portrait suggests Clemente's fascination with gesture inspired by his travels in India and his awareness of the role of gesture in Italian Renaissance painting. The atmospheric quality of the soft-ground etching is enhanced by the creamy surface of the paper.

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Title: Untitled (Hand)
Artist: Francesco Clemente (Italian, born Naples, 1952)
Date: 1987
Medium: Soft-ground etching
Dimensions: Plate: 15 9/16 × 15 5/8 in. (39.6 × 39.7 cm)
Sheet: 25 9/16 × 20 1/2 in. (65 × 52 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Charles Z. Offin Fund, 1993
Object Number: 1993.1095(3)
Rights and Reproduction: Courtesy Francesco Clemente Studio, New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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