Francesco Clemente — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works669

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 174

Christie's

Barbara, 1980

$6,350

Feb 2026

Sotheby's

Untitled (Evening Raga), 1992

£14,000 ($18k USD)

Jan 2026

Sotheby's

Yellow and Black, 2001

Christie's

Christie's

Dipinto solare, 1991

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

House of Cards, 2001

$228,600

Nov 2023

Sotheby's

Untitled (Par amour ?), 1972

CHF 1,800 ($3k USD)

Jun 2023

Sotheby's

Untitled (Jamaica Watercolors), 1992

$22,000

Dec 2022

Christie's

Grisaille Self-Portrait, 1998

$56,700

Nov 2022

Christie's

The Fourteen Stations, No. XII, 1981

Sotheby's

Christie's

The Fourteen Stations, No. XI, 1981

$1,860,000

May 2022

Sotheby's

Palladium Bestiario V, 1985

CHF 10,000 ($11k USD)

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Self-Portrait, 1978

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Contemplation, 1990

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Alba Clemente, 2006

Christie's

Christie's

For Sale 9

Cardi Gallery · Artsy

Grisaille Self Portrait, 1997

Pace Prints · Artsy

Twenty-seven color Ukiyo-e woodcut hand-printed from 21 woodblocks

Wallector · 1stDibs

The Past Protecting the Future - Lithograph by Francesco Clemente -2008

$2,138

Petersburg Press · 1stDibs

Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake

$2,082

Wallector · 1stDibs

Self-Portrait with Mouth Open - Oil Paint by Francesco Clemente - 2002

$249,829

International Fine Arts Consortium - IFAC Arts · 1stDibs

Francesco Clemente, Geography West

$6,000

2-color, soft ground etching

Wallector · 1stDibs

The Past Protecting the Future - Lithograph by Francesco Clemente -2008

$2,138

Lions Gallery · 1stDibs

Paris Review Lithograph Francesco Clemente Neo Expressionist Italian Avant Garde

$1,800

Wallector · 1stDibs

The Past Protecting the Future - Lithograph by Francesco Clemente -2008

$2,138

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Market957 auction results

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$813 – $142K

81 of 95 works on paper lots with prices

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$24.4K

Object-type specific

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$14.0K

81 priced works on paper lots

calendar_todayLast Works on paper Sale

Mar 2026 · $38.1K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Works on paper: $14.0K medianPaintings: $60.5K medianSculpture/objects: $27.7K medianEditioned prints: $1.3K medianPosters/ephemera: $34.3K medianUnclassified lots: $38.3K medianBooks/portfolios: $349 medianEditioned objects: $125 median

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Galleries2

#173 Lévy Gorvy Dayan

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#331 Vito Schnabel

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Education1

UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Publications9

Exhibition Catalog 9

Francesco Clemente Author

Rizzoli · 2021

For Your Eyes Only: Eine Privatsammlung zwischen Manierismus und Surrealismus

Hatje Cantz · 2014

Francesco Clemente Author

MoMA Publications · 2006

Expressive! Author

Hatje Cantz · 2003

Clemente Author

Abrams · 1999

Collaborations Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente

Hatje Cantz · 1996

Evening raga Author

Rizzoli · 1992

Evening raga & Paradiso, 1992 Author

Rizzoli · 1992

Francesco Clemente

Abrams · 1985

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News20

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Actress Alba Clemente Tells Her Story in the Theater and Reveals What Lies Behind Her Partenope, a Smoking Siren

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Past Exhibitions18

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#331 Vito Schnabel

Francesco Clemente: Travel Diary

Francesco Clemente

Vito Schnabel Gallery

Jan 28, 2026 — Apr 28, 2026

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Selected Works669

Museum Acquisitions

Previous Sales 174

For Sale 9

Market957 auction results

Galleries2

Education1

Publications9

Exhibition Catalog 9

Current Exhibitions0

Recent News20

Past Exhibitions18

Art Fair Appearances3

Recent Activity20

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