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Self-Portrait
2005 · Oil on canvas
60 1/4 × 49 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (153 × 124.8 × 3.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Francesco Clemente
1952
PaintingContemporary
Representation
None documented
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Institutional Exhibitions
12
Works in Collection
117
Assets Indexed
14
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Movements
- • Contemporary
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About
Why this artist matters now
Francesco Clemente works across painting, fresco, mosaic, drawing, and sculpture, moving between figuration and Symbolism with a restless, body-centred imagery shaped by sustained immersion in Indian visual culture and the metaphysical preoccupations of Italian art. Born in Naples in 1952, he has divided his life between Italy, India, and New York, and that triangulation is legible in the work itself, in its iconography, its surface treatments, and its relationship to the sacred and the carnal. He was a principal figure in the Transavanguardia movement of the 1980s, which broke from Conceptualism and Formalism in favour of a return to the painted, symbolic figure.
Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Movement
Contemporary
Medium
Painting
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Artworks (12)
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Institutional
Representation & Collections
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Templon
CurrentIn collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Auction sale history
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Background
Education
Sapienza University of Rome
Visual Arts
Market
Auction History
Range: $22,680 – $1,860,000
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Feb 2026 | $12,000 – $18,000 | $38,100 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2025 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $30,240 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2025 | $50,000 – $70,000 | $81,900 | |
| Christie's | Jun 2025 | £10,000 – £15,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Jun 2025 | £20,000 – £30,000 | £22,680 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2024 | $40,000 – $60,000 | $48,000 | |
| Christie's | Oct 2024 | €40,000 – €60,000 | €81,900 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2023 | $20,000 – $30,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Sep 2023 | $60,000 – $80,000 | $75,600 | |
| Christie's | Jun 2023 | £60,000 – £80,000 | £75,600 |
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