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    THE ITALIAN SALE - STYLE AND DYNAMISM IN THE 20TH CENTURY

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    6 December 2000

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    • Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
    Lot 55

    Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)

    Il progressivo svanir della consuetudine

    Price realised

    GBP 49,350

    Estimate

    GBP 40,000 - GBP 50,000

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    Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994)
    Il progressivo svanir della consuetudine
    ball point pen on paper
    395/8 x 140¼in. (100.8 x 356.2cm.)
    Executed in 1976-77

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    Lot Essay

    This work is recorded in the Archivo Boetti, Rome.

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    Please not that the present work is being sold under the Auctioneers' Margin Scheme and not as stated in the catalogue.


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