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    5 - 6 April 2016

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    • Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
    Lot 83

    Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)

    Faccine

    Price realised

    EUR 45,300

    Estimate

    EUR 20,000 - EUR 30,000

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    Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
    Faccine
    firmato alighiero e boetti (in basso verso destra)
    intervento a mano su stampa serigrafica
    cm 82x68
    Eseguito nel 1979; tiratura non dichiarata
    Opera registrata presso l'Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Roma, n. 2841, come da autentica su fotografia in data 13 dicembre 2002

    Provenance

    Galleria Toselli, Milano
    Galleria Poleschi, Milano
    ivi acquisito dall'attuale proprietario nel 2001

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    J. C. Ammann, Alighiero Boetti, Milano 2009, vol. II, p. 366, n. 1162 (altro esemplare illustrato)


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    Special Notice

    Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.


    Saleroom Notice

    L'opera è citata sul catalogo generale al n. 1162 con il numero di archivio 2841
    The work is listed in the catalogue raisonné, no. 1162, with the archive number 2841


    Post Lot Text

    'FACCINE' (FACES); SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; HAND COLOURED ON SILKSCREEN


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