Lavoro postale (double-face)
1976
A set of four double-faced envelopes bearing Afghan postmarks and stamps are paired with four mixed media drawings on paper, together forming a work that collapses the distance between communication, travel, and artistic process. Characteristic of Boetti's longstanding engagement with Afghan craft networks and postal systems, the piece transforms the humble envelope into a conceptual object freighted with time, geography, and collaborative exchange. The interplay between the bureaucratic materiality of the stamped envelopes and the hand-worked drawings speaks to Boetti's fascination with duality, chance, and the blurring of authorship.
- Medium
- four postmarked and stamped double-face envelopes (Afghan stamps) and four mixed media drawings on papers
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Christie's
Notes
LITERATURE J.-C. Ammann, Alighiero Boetti, Catalogo generale, Tomo secondo, Milan, 2012, Vol. II, No. 837 (illustré en couleurs p. 243) FURTHER DETAILS Cette œuvre est enregistrée à l'Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, sous le No. 6578, et est accompagnée d'un certificat d'authenticité. NOTICE Veuillez noter que cette œuvre est enregistrée à l'Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, sous le No. 6578, et est accompagnée d'un certificat d'authenticité. Please note that this work is registered in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome under No. 6578 and it is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Conditions of sale Brought to you by Elisabetta Vitullo Junior Specialist, Head of Day Sale EVITULLO@CHRISTIES.COM +33 (0)1 40 76 85 68
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