
Ogni lettera un suono
1982
Alighiero Boetti's 1982 work 'Ogni lettera un suono' (Every letter a sound) comprises four parts executed in ballpoint pen and acrylic on paper. The work explores the relationship between language, sound, and visual representation.
- Medium
- ballpoint pen and acrylic on paper, in 4 parts
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
October 2, 2019
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Artists in conversation

Lawrence Weiner
American · b. 1942

Weiner similarly fuses language and visual form in conceptual works where words and letters become the primary aesthetic material, exploring how text functions as both sound and image on a flat surface.

On Kawara
Japanese · b. 1932

Kawara shares Boetti's obsessive systematic approach to inscribing language and notation onto paper and canvas, creating works where geometric structure and conceptual rigor govern the visual organization of text and symbols.

Irma Blank
German · b. 1934

Blank works extensively with ballpoint pen on paper to produce dense fields of script and mark making that investigate the visual and acoustic properties of written language, closely paralleling Boetti's exploration of letters as both sound and form.
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