ID 717609
Lot 261 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI (1940-1994)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Far quadrare tutto (To Square Everything Up)
embroidery on canvas
8 7⁄8 x 9 3⁄8in. (22.7 x 23.8cm.)
Executed circa 1979
Provenance
Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist).
Literature
J-C. Ammann, Alighiero Boetti, Catalogo generale, Tomo secondo, Opere 1972-1979, Milan 2012, no. 1168 (a. 5208*) (illustrated in colour, p. 369).
Special notice
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Post lot text
This work is registered in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, under no. 5208, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
| Artist: | Alighiero Boetti (1940 - 1994) |
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| Medium: | Textile |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Artist: | Alighiero Boetti (1940 - 1994) |
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| Medium: | Textile |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
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