Frame image
153
Alighiero e Boetti
Cinque x Cinque venticinque, Ca. 1985.
Embroidery on canvas, mounted on a wooden plate
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 31,500 Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 40,005 (incl. surcharge)
Cinque x Cinque venticinque. Ca. 1985.
Embroidery on canvas, mounted on a wooden plate.
Signed on the folded canvas. 22.7 x 21 cm (8.9 x 8.2 in).
[SM].
• Alighiero e Boetti, one of the most influential Italian artists, was a co-founder of Arte Povera in the 1960s.
• The tapestries embroidered with letters are among Boetti's most famous works.
• In 1971, the artist went on a trip to Afghanistan, where he found inspiration in the textile work of the local women.
The work will be presented to the Archivio Alighiero Boetti at the earliest possible date.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva.
Private collection (since 1999, acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Alighero e Boetti, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, April 8 - May 29, 1999.
Embroidery on canvas, mounted on a wooden plate.
Signed on the folded canvas. 22.7 x 21 cm (8.9 x 8.2 in).
[SM].
• Alighiero e Boetti, one of the most influential Italian artists, was a co-founder of Arte Povera in the 1960s.
• The tapestries embroidered with letters are among Boetti's most famous works.
• In 1971, the artist went on a trip to Afghanistan, where he found inspiration in the textile work of the local women.
The work will be presented to the Archivio Alighiero Boetti at the earliest possible date.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva.
Private collection (since 1999, acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Alighero e Boetti, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, April 8 - May 29, 1999.
153
Alighiero e Boetti
Cinque x Cinque venticinque, Ca. 1985.
Embroidery on canvas, mounted on a wooden plate
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 31,500 Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 40,005 (incl. surcharge)