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L'Energia Iniziale (The Initial Energy) by Alighiero Boetti
Description
Year: 1989
Date of purchase: March 17, 2007
Dimensions: 8" x 9"
Medium: Embroidery on linen
Notes: Authenticated from the Archivio Alighiero Boetti number 3220 issued 6/18/03
Gallery: Phillips auction
About the Artist
Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994) was an Italian conceptual artist, painter, sculptor, embroiderer, and author born in Turin, Italy. He came to prominence as part of the Arte Povera movement. He received a major posthumous retrospective on his work at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, which then traveled to the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan and the Tate Modern in London.
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