GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The tree-like form on this delicate tapestry is composed of two symbols that represent increments of time. Alighiero Boetti used these signs to record the ringing of the bells at the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome, Italy. The oval shapes mark chiming at the half hour, and the small curls signal the quarter hour. Boetti hired Afghan artisans to weave these forms into a tapestry. The element of time, a theme that Boetti felt was "fundamental . . . the main element in everything" is thus subtly present in this work.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, Label text, 2006.
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Exhibition: Passion for Art, DMA 2003-2004
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n.d.: Collection Vitali, Como, Italy
n.d.: Galeria Fabia Calvassine, Milan, Italy
2000: Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, Texas, purchased from Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2001: Dallas Museum of Art and the Rachofsky Collection [1]
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The main source for this provenance is the copy of the correspondence to the Alighiero Boetti Archives dated December 12, 2003, in the Collections Records object file (2001.336). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] See the copy of the Co-Tenancy Agreement in the Collections Records object file (2001.336).
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General Description
The tree-like form on this delicate tapestry is composed of two symbols that represent increments of time. Alighiero Boetti used these signs to record the ringing of the bells at the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome, Italy. The oval shapes mark chiming at the half hour, and the small curls signal the quarter hour. Boetti hired Afghan artisans to weave these forms into a tapestry. The element of time, a theme that Boetti felt was "fundamental . . . the main element in everything" is thus subtly present in this work.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, Label text, 2006.
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Notes
Exhibition: Passion for Art, DMA 2003-2004
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Collection Vitali, Como, Italy
n.d.: Galeria Fabia Calvassine, Milan, Italy
2000: Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, Texas, purchased from Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2001: Dallas Museum of Art and the Rachofsky Collection [1]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the correspondence to the Alighiero Boetti Archives dated December 12, 2003, in the Collections Records object file (2001.336). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] See the copy of the Co-Tenancy Agreement in the Collections Records object file (2001.336).
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