Alighiero Boetti

Monika Sprüth Galerie, Colonia
Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurigo
Waddington Galleries, Londra
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario nel 2005

Mantova, Casa del Mantegna, L'arte come amante. Da una collezione privata contemporanea, 2007, pag. 55, illustrato a colori

This work appears to be in very good condition. Colors are more intense than the catalogue illustration.
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"Alighiero credeva nella potenzialità creativa dell'alfabeto e delle lettere che compongono ogni nome (...) Partecipava così a una tradizione speculativa e mistica per la quale le possibili combinazioni delle lettere all'interno di una parola sono rivelatrici di altri stati dell'essere (...) Alighiero sapeva perfettamente di inoltrarsi in una pratica vecchia come il talmud, la Cabala, la mistica medioevale e la magia."
(A.M. Sauzeau cit. in B. Corà, AlighieroeBoetti, Milano 2005, pag. 94)