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Alighiero Boetti
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Alighiero Boetti
- Le Infinite Possibilità di Esistere
- signed on the overlap
- embroidered tapestry
- 35 by 36 cm. 13 3/4 by 14 1/8 in.
- Executed in 1990.
Provenance
Francesca Kaufmann, Milan
Galerie Kaess-Weiss, Stuttgart
Private Collection
Sotheby's, London, 16 October 2006, Lot 199
Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst; Frankfurt, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Alighiero Boetti: Mettere al mondo il mondo, January – May 1998, p. 235, illustrated in colour
Literature
Ruth Händler, '"Alighiero e Boetti": Sein Weltbild leuchtet in hundert Farben', in: Art, Hamburg, April 1996, p. 75, illustrated in colour
Condition
Colour:
The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some light discolouration to the white thread and central square and some minor thread pulls in isolated places. There is some tiny discolouration to a thread in the letter T in the bottom centre and the letter E in the centre left. Further inspection reveals a small stain to the lower left corner of the central square and two short vertical ones to the centre right.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“I am interested in primary matters, such as the alphabet, the map, the newspaper, among other things owing to the spring which thus tautens between order and disorder. There is an exact order innate in each and every thing, even if it manifests in a disorderly manner.”
Alighiero Boetti cited in: Rolf Lauter, Alighiero Boetti: mettere al mondo il mondo, Frankfurt 1998, p. 29.