Alighiero Boetti Italian, 1940-1994
Mappa, 1983
Embroidery on linen
114.5 x 178.8 cm / 45 1/8 x 70 3/8 in
Signed 'alighiero e boetti' (on the overlap)
Inscribed in farsi 'Afghan women gladly draw the Map of the World [on the right] / The rain in Kabul’s sky, the bare desert at night [on the left]' (on the border)
Signed 'alighiero e boetti' (on the overlap)
Inscribed in farsi 'Afghan women gladly draw the Map of the World [on the right] / The rain in Kabul’s sky, the bare desert at night [on the left]' (on the border)