Francesco Clemente, 1952 Italy
Sixteen Pastels (1989)
25 full page colour plates with poems by Rene Ricard. Edition of 1000. 25.0 x 36.5cm, 52pp, Signed. Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London.
Grahame, Noreen (ed.) 1991, Artists’ Books – The Catalogue, grahame galleries + editions, Brisbane.
The Departure of the Argonaut (1986)
Alberto Savinio was born Andrea de Chirico in Athens in 1891. His best known work ‘The Departure of the Argonaut’ written in 1918 is the
lengthiest and most autobiographical and final section of ’Hermaphrodito’, a composite work. This book reproduces in reduced format , the limited edition of 200 books 32 proofs and 50 portfolios for which Clemente prepared 48 lithographs. A lithograph was prepared especially for the fold out cover for this edition. Clemente employed a variety of lithographic techniques and treated each of the five chapters and epilogue differently. Petersburg Press, New York and London.
Castleman, Riva 1994, A Century of Artists Books, The Museum of Modern Art New York,
Grahame, Noreen (ed.) 1991, Artists’ Books – The Catalogue, grahame galleries + editions, Brisbane
Spector, Buzz 1995, The Book Maker’s Desire, Umbrella Editions, Pasadena.
The Pondichery Pastels (1986)
Stamped copper covers with green cloth spine and quarters. 85 colour illustrations tipped onto hand made paper. Designed internally by Ettore Sottass. Housed in card box. Edition of 1000. Collection holds No 945. Signed. Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London