
La Forza del centro
1990
Alighiero Boetti's embroidered work explores the concept of center through textile art. The piece combines traditional embroidery techniques with conceptual inquiry, mounted on a panel for presentation.
- Medium
- embroidery on canvas mounted on panel
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Art Contemporain Evening Auction
June 5, 2023
Estimate: $40,000 to $60,000
Lot 12
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Sheila Hicks
American · b. 1934

Hicks combines conceptual rigor with textile and fiber art techniques, creating works that elevate traditional craft into fine art inquiry much like Boetti's embroidered panel. Her exploration of structure and repetition in woven and stitched materials mirrors the conceptual textile approach of this piece.
Mrinalini Mukherjee
Indian · b. 1949
Mukherjee elevated fiber and textile into sculptural conceptual art, treating thread and fabric as vehicles for deep formal and philosophical exploration similar to Boetti's approach. Her work blurs the boundary between craft and conceptual fine art in a manner directly comparable to this embroidered piece.

Anni Albers
German · b. 1899

Albers treated weaving and textile work as a serious conceptual and visual art practice, investigating formal principles through thread and fabric mounted for gallery presentation. Her elevation of embroidery and weaving into conceptual inquiry closely parallels the intellectual and material approach Boetti employs in this work.
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