Lot 124000378 
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124000378
Alighiero e Boetti
Cinque x Cinque venticinque, Ca. 1985.
Embroidery on canvas, mounted on a wooden plate
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 32,100 - 42,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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.
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.
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.
124000378
Alighiero e Boetti
Cinque x Cinque venticinque, Ca. 1985.
Embroidery on canvas, mounted on a wooden plate
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 32,100 - 42,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.