Lot 22
  • 22

Alighiero Boetti

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alighiero Boetti
  • Cinque x Cinque e Venticinque
  • signed on the overlap
  • embroidery on canvas
  • 22 by 22 cm. 8 3/4 by 8 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1989.

Provenance

Private Collection, Italy
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly warmer and more saturated in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some light media accretions and pulled threads in isolated places as well as some light discoloration in places to the white and light pink embroidery.
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