Francesco Clemente, Alberto Savinio, and others
The Departure of the Argonaut
1982
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- Artist: Francesco Clemente
- Author: Alberto Savinio
- Translator: George Scrivani
- Publisher: Petersburg Press
- Printer (lithographs): Rolf Neumann
- Printer (letterpress): Staib + Mayer
The Departure of the Argonaut
1982
Physical Qualities
Bound volume with color crayon and tusche lithographs and letterpress, Case: 674 × 525 × 40 mm. (26 9/16 × 20 11/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Book: 652 × 511 × 26 mm. (25 11/16 × 20 1/8 × 1 in.)
Sheet (page): 650 × 502 mm. (25 9/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Ryda Hecht Levi Collection of Illustrated Books, Bequest of Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore
Object Number
2009.23
According to colophon: "The original lithographs were drawn by Francesco Clemente in April, May, and June 1983, July 1985 and January 1986 at the Petersburg Studios in New York. Stones were proofed in 1983 by John Hutcheson and Perry Tymeson. The text and plates were proofed in 1985 and 1986 by Perry Tymeson and Richard Garst, with studio coordination and production assistance from Elizabeth Mahoney. The publication was edited by Raymond Foye. The lithographs were printed by hand from plates on a flatbed offset press at the workshop of Rolf Neumann in Stuttgart...The binding and boxes were conceived by Rudolph Rieser and executed in Cologne by Helmut Kloss. The production was supervised by Hansjörg Mayer and Elizabeth Mahoney"
Reduced facsimile of "The Departure of the Argonaut" (Petersburg Press, 1986) in the library (PQ4809 .H45 P313 1986)
Found during PDP Inventory 2021 with the original lithographs. Is this the library copy mentioned above? Will give it a found in inventory number: PDP INV1360
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2009; Ryda H. Levi, Lutherville, MD; Petersburg Press Inc., NY 1985
Jan Howard, BMA, "Marking the Decades: Prints 1960-1990," February 23- April 26, 1992.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
Inscribed: on colophon, center in graphite: "Francesco Clemente"