Alighiero Boetti
Clessidra, cerniera, viceversa, 1982
pencil on paper
70 x 100 cm
Certificate Archive Alighiero Boetti n. 4467 In 'Clessidra, cerniera, viceversa' Alighiero Boetti annotated a series of memories and considerations on a framed sheet with his left hand in a narrow...
Certificate Archive Alighiero Boetti n. 4467
In "Clessidra, cerniera, viceversa" Alighiero Boetti annotated a series of memories and considerations on a framed sheet with his left hand in a narrow stringed font (according to him writing with the left-hand means drawing). The text appears to come from a private diary and describes complex situations that coincide with the condition of the paper on which it is written. The work is presented from behind, with the four directions of text inverted and difficult to read. The reference in the title to the hourglass can be seen in the triangular shape of the paper scraps or in the turn of the page which confers to the work a connotation of temporality.
In "Clessidra, cerniera, viceversa" Alighiero Boetti annotated a series of memories and considerations on a framed sheet with his left hand in a narrow stringed font (according to him writing with the left-hand means drawing). The text appears to come from a private diary and describes complex situations that coincide with the condition of the paper on which it is written. The work is presented from behind, with the four directions of text inverted and difficult to read. The reference in the title to the hourglass can be seen in the triangular shape of the paper scraps or in the turn of the page which confers to the work a connotation of temporality.
Provenance
Private collection, Italy
Sotheby's, 1 July 2014, London, Lot 157
Private collection, London
Exhibitions
Magie Straordinarie, Sprovieri, London, 2017
Boetti/Salvo, MASI, Lugano, 2017
Literature
- Vivere lavorando giocando, Masi Lugano, Edizioni Casagrande, 2017 (illustrated, p.163)
- Alighiero Boetti, Catalogo generale, Tomo terzo / 2a. Opere su carta, piccoli ricami, edizioni, re-made 1980-1987, Electa, Milan, 2022 (illustrated in colour, p. 220, no. 1885)
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