Lot 156
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Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
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Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)

(i) Per nuovi desideri (ii) Ammazzare il tempo (iii) Non parto non resto (iv) Pisciarsi in bocca (v) Il dolce far niente (vi) Il certo e l'incerto (vii) Udire tra le parole (viii) Immaginando tutto (ix) Segno e disegno

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Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
(i) Per nuovi desideri
(ii) Ammazzare il tempo
(iii) Non parto non resto
(iv) Pisciarsi in bocca
(v) Il dolce far niente
(vi) Il certo e l'incerto
(vii) Udire tra le parole
(viii) Immaginando tutto
(ix) Segno e disegno
each signed with the artist's initials and inscribed 'IAEB H.C.' (upper centre)
watercolour and pencil on paper, nine sheets
(i) 7½ x 7 3/8in. (19 x 18.7cm.)
(ii) 7 3/8 x 7¼in. (18.7 x 18.4cm.)
(iii) 7¾ x 7¾in. (19.7 x 19.7cm.)
(iv) 7 3/8 x 7¼in. (18.7 x 18.4cm.)
(v) 7 5/8 x 7¾in. (19.4 x 19.7cm.)
(vi) 7½ x 7½in. (19 x 19cm.)
(vii) 7¼ x 7½in. (18.4 x 19cm.)
(viii) 7¾ x 7¾in. (19.7 x 19.7cm.)
(ix) 7 5/8 x 7½in. (19.4 x 19cm.)
Executed in 1979 (9)
Provenance
Private Collection, Italy.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Each work is registered individually in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome under numbers 3503, 3504, 3505, 3506, 3507, 3508, 3509, 3510 and 3511 respectively and each is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity.

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