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Alighiero Boetti - 'Sciogliersi come neve al sole' - 1987

€78.000
€78.000
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  • Artist: Alighiero Boetti (1940–1994)

  • Title: Sciogliersi come neve al sole

  • Year: 1987

  • Medium: Embroidery on canvas

  • Dimensions: 21.5 × 21.5 cm

  • Signature: Signed by the artist

  • Archive Certificate: Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, COA no. 11299

  • Provenance: Private collection, Italy

  • Literature: Luca Tomio (ed.), Alighiero Boetti. Il filo del pensiero, Edizioni Polistampa, Florence, 2016

  • Exhibited: Alighiero Boetti. Il filo del pensiero, Accademia delle Arti e del Disegno, Florence, 14 April – 20 May 2016

Executed in 1987, Sciogliersi come neve al sole is a compact, museum-quality embroidered work by Alighiero Boetti, a central figure of Arte Povera and one of the most influential conceptual artists in post-war Italy. The intimate 21.5 × 21.5 cm grid of multicolored letters, signed by the artist, embodies Boetti’s enduring dialogue between order and chance, where aphoristic language and artisanal execution converge into a refined conceptual structure.

The work is accompanied by an official archive certificate (Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, no. 11299), documented provenance from a private Italian collection, and inclusion in the authoritative publication and exhibition Il filo del pensiero (Luca Tomio, Edizioni Polistampa; Accademia delle Arti e del Disegno, Florence, 2016). Signed, published, and exhibited examples in this compact format are among the most sought-after within Boetti’s oeuvre, combining rarity, archival certainty, and institutional visibility — qualities that significantly reinforce its appeal for museums, established collectors, and long-term art investors.

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