LOT DETAILS

Materials:

embroidered tapestry

Measurements:

95.28 in. (242.00 cm.) (height) by 97.72 in. (248.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated Kabul - Afghanistan 1982 on the overlap

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Hadrien Thomas,. Alighiero Boetti , March - April 1990, n.p., illustrated. Paris, Tornabuoni Art, Alighiero Boetti , March - June 2010, p. 195, illustrated

Literature:

Carolyne Christov-Bakargiev,. Flash Art , A. XX, Summer 1987, p. 33, no. 140, illustrated. Giovanni Battista Salerno, 'Alighiero Boetti: Arte della coppia e misteri della produzione', Flash Art, February 2011, illustrated in colour, online Jean-Christophe Ammann, Alighiero Boetti, Catalogo generale , Vol. III/1, Milan 2015, p. 94, no. 1306, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1987