Details
ALIGHIERO BOETTI (1940-1994)
Mappa
signed, inscribed and dated 'alighiero e boetti A PESHAWAR BY AFGHAN PEOPLE 1988' (on the overlap)
embroidery on linen
46 1⁄8 x 88 7/8in. (117.2 x 225.7cm.)
Executed in 1988
Provenance
Galerie KAESS-WEISS, Stuttgart (acquired directly from the artist).
Thomas Dane Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2001.
Literature
V. Brooks and J. Stella-Sawicka (eds.), Monsoon Art Collection, London 2005, pp. 5, 72, 94 and 103 (illustrated in colour pp. 30-31).
A. Boetti, A. Mercanti and C. Niccolini (eds.), Alighiero Boetti Catalogo generale, Tomo quarto / 1 Mappe, Tutto, Grandi Ricami, Boetti-Paladino, Kilim, Tappeti, Aerei, Biro, Milan 2025, no. 2456 (illustrated in colour, p. 45).
Exhibited
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Vielfaches Echo, 1998 (illustrated in colour, pp. 126-127).
Further Details
This work is registered in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, under no. 88/RM/3 and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

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