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Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
Lot 273

Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)

Le cose nascono dalla necessità e dal caso (Things are Born of Necessity and Chance)

Closed19 October 2013

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GBP 32,500

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Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
Le cose nascono dalla necessità e dal caso (Things are Born of Necessity and Chance)
signed 'alighiero e boetti' (on the overlap)
embroidery on canvas mounted on panel
12 5/8 x 14 1/8in. (32.2 x 36cm.)
Executed in 1988

The Estate of Alighiero e Boetti, Rome.
Anon. sale, Phillips de Pury Luxembourg New York, 12 November 2002, lot 255.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 09 November 2005, lot 505.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is registered with the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, under the number 2608.