Null ALIGHIERO BOETTI
Turin 1940 - Rome 1994
Fagus, 1983
Industrial paint on met…
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ALIGHIERO BOETTI Turin 1940 - Rome 1994 Fagus, 1983 Industrial paint on metal (original Alfa Romeo color), 70 x 70 cm. Signed and numbered on the back HC/65 The work is registered at the Alighiero Boetti Archive, no. 6666 Provenance: Rinaldo Rossi Collection, Genoa Genoa, Boetto Auctions, April 12, 2011, lot 1258 Private collection Acquired there by the current owner in 2014 Bibliography: Alighiero Boetti Archive, Alighiero Boetti. General Catalogue, Milan, 2022, vol. III/2b, no. 2446 (listed), p. 679

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ALIGHIERO BOETTI Turin 1940 - Rome 1994 Fagus, 1983 Industrial paint on metal (original Alfa Romeo color), 70 x 70 cm. Signed and numbered on the back HC/65 The work is registered at the Alighiero Boetti Archive, no. 6666 Provenance: Rinaldo Rossi Collection, Genoa Genoa, Boetto Auctions, April 12, 2011, lot 1258 Private collection Acquired there by the current owner in 2014 Bibliography: Alighiero Boetti Archive, Alighiero Boetti. General Catalogue, Milan, 2022, vol. III/2b, no. 2446 (listed), p. 679

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