Alighiero Boetti

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

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Description

Alighiero Boetti
(i) Per Nuovi Desideri(ii) Ammazzare Il Tempo(iii) Non Parto Non Resto(iv) Pisciarsi in Bocca(v) Il Dolce Far Niente (vi) Il Certo e l'Incerto(vii) Udire Tra le Parole(viii) Immaginando Tutto(ix) Segno e Disegno
each: signed with the initials and inscribed H. C.
watercolour and pencil on paper, in nine parts
(i) 19 by 18.7cm.; 7½ by 7 3/8 in.; (ii) 19 by 19.7cm.; 7½ by 7¾in.; (iii, viii) 19.7 by 19.7cm.; 7¾ by 7¾in.; (iv) 18.7 by 18.4cm.; 7 3/8 by 7¼in.; (v) 19.4 by 19.7cm.; 7 5/8 by 7 5/8 in.; (vi) 19 by 19cm.; 7½ by 7½in.; (vii) 18.4 by 18.4cm.; 7¼ by 7¼in.; (ix) 19.4 by 19cm.; 7 5/8 by 7½in.
Executed in 1979.

Provenance

Private Collection, Italy
Sale: Christie's, London, Post War and Contemporary Art, 25 June 2004, Lot 156
Private Collection, Switzerland

Catalogue Note

Each work is registered in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome under the numbers (i) 3503, (ii) 3504, (iii) 3505, (iv) 3506, (v) 3507, (vi) 3508, (vii) 3509, (viii) 3510, (ix) 3511, and is accompanied by a photo-certificate of autheticity