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ALIGHIERO BOETTI FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

Alighiero Boetti

Verba volant scripta manent

Auction Closed

April 20, 06:06 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Alighiero Boetti

1940 - 1994

Verba volant scripta manent


signed, dedicated and inscribed on the reverse

embroidery on canvas

Executed in circa 1987


This work is registered in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, under the n. 8491 and it is accompanied by a photo-certificate issued by the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome.


(firmato, dedicato e iscritto sul retro

ricamo su tela

Eseguito nel 1987 circa


Opera registrata presso l'Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Roma, con il n. 8491 e accompagnata da certificato su fotografia rilasciato dall'Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Roma.)


cm 22,5x23; inches 8.66 by 9.05

Framed cm 23,8x24,4x3; inches 9.37 by 9.60 by 1.18

Private collection, Italy (acquired from the artist - acquistato dall'artista)

Sotheby’s Milan, Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 4 May 2017, lot 123

Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario)