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Mappa del mondo - L'insensata corsa della vita (Map of the World - The nonsensical course of Life) by Alighiero Boetti

Alighiero Boetti

Mappa del mondo - L'insensata corsa della vita (Map of the World - The nonsensical course of Life), 1988

Embroidery on canvas
115 x 220 cm (45.28 x 86.61 in)
Sculpture
Unique artwork
LiveArt Estimate™
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Momentum 12M
2.4%
CAGR
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (11 Feb 2015)
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Past Sales
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Feb 11, 2015
Christie'sLondonPost-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction33
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Mappa del mondo - L'insensata corsa della vita (Map of the World - The nonsensical course of Life)
May 11, 2011
Christie'sNew YorkPost-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale46
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Mappa del mondo - L'insensata corsa della vita (Map of the World - The nonsensical course of Life)
Oct 20, 2008
Sotheby'sLondon20th Century Italian Art38
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Mappa del mondo - L'insensata corsa della vita (Map of the World - The nonsensical course of Life)
Nov 9, 2004
Sotheby'sNew YorkContemporary Art - Evening61
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Mappa del mondo - L'insensata corsa della vita (Map of the World - The nonsensical course of Life)
Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

115 x 220 cm (45.28 x 86.61 in)

Materials

embroidery on canvas

Signature

signed ‘alighiero e boetti’ (on the overlap)

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in 1988).

Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 20 October 2008, lot 38.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

San Benedetto del Tronto, Palazzo Bice Piacentini, Palazzina Azzurra, A.B.O., Le Arti della Critica, 2001 (illustrated in color, p. XVI).