Live Auction 12157Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Sale
Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
Lot 190 The Collection of Chiara and Francesco Carraro

Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)

Una Parola al vento due parole al vento tre parole al vento 100 parole al vento

Closed16 November 2016

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Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
Una Parola al vento due parole al vento tre parole al vento 100 parole al vento
signed 'alighiero e boetti' (on the overlap)
embroidery on fabric
33 ½ x 9 ½ in. (85.1 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is registered in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, under no. 3107 and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Gianni Michelagnoli, Rome
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

'Boetti sometimes opens up a new experience in which we read words differently and appreciate the shapes and colors of letters, rather than just approaching language for its information and instrumental purposes'

(M. Godfrey, Alighiero e Boetti, London 2009, pp. 128-129).