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Alighiero Boetti
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description
- Alighiero Boetti
- Mettere I Verbi All'Infinito
- blue ballpoint pen on lined paper mounted to 3 joined canvases
- 39 3/8 by 81 1/2 in. 100 by 207 cm.
- Executed in 1978.
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 1989
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 1989
Exhibited
Ravenna, Loggetta Lombardesca-Pinacoteca Comunale, Alighiero Boetti, December 1984 - February 1985, cat. no. 7, pp. 44-45, illustrated
Literature
Bernard Blistène, "Fontana Burri Manzoni e l'Arte Povera: La Mauvaise Question," Artstudio, No. 13, Summer 1989, p. 27, illustrated
Martina De Luca and Massimo Mininni, Eds., Alighiero e Boetti, Ravenna 1990, cat. no. 46, p. 55
Mark Kremer, "Lightness as a Weapon. On the Work of Alighiero e Boetti," Archis, No. 2, February 1995, p. 71, illustrated
Lara Vinca Masini, Arte Contemporanea. La Linea del Modello. Arte Come Progetto del Mondo, Florence 1996, fig. 3163, p. 617, illustrated
Jean-Christophe Ammann, Alighiero Boetti, Catalogo Generale, Tomo Secondo: Opere 1972-1979, Milan 2012, cat. no. 951, p. 287, illustrated in color
Martina De Luca and Massimo Mininni, Eds., Alighiero e Boetti, Ravenna 1990, cat. no. 46, p. 55
Mark Kremer, "Lightness as a Weapon. On the Work of Alighiero e Boetti," Archis, No. 2, February 1995, p. 71, illustrated
Lara Vinca Masini, Arte Contemporanea. La Linea del Modello. Arte Come Progetto del Mondo, Florence 1996, fig. 3163, p. 617, illustrated
Jean-Christophe Ammann, Alighiero Boetti, Catalogo Generale, Tomo Secondo: Opere 1972-1979, Milan 2012, cat. no. 951, p. 287, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The outer edges of the three joined canvases are taped. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. The sheets are mounted to each canvas. Framed in a Plexiglas box.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"In effect, there are five senses, and thought is the sixth. That is the most important thing that humankind possesses...if I were to tell you the great emotions and feelings of my life, I'd have to confess that none of them have been stirred by Nature. A petal, a butterfly, a sunset–these can all be beautiful. However, in my opinion, the great emotions come from listening to a work by Mozart, from reading a poem. Because in those there is thought made up of thousands of coincidences, synchronicities [and] memories."
Alighiero Boetti