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Untitled, by Alighiero Boetti, 1970

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Overview

Untitled is a 1970 by Alighiero Boetti, depicting Letter, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?
Alighiero Boetti
When & what style?
1970
Where can I see it?
Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This work shows nineteen small and large envelopes with colorful stamps and postmarks. They're pinned to a sheet of paper like a strange address book. Each stamp and postmark is real, sent from places Boetti visited or just imagined. This is art as mail. He made it in 1969-70, long before email. The stamps show different countries, like a travel diary without travel. Want to see more? Try Alighiero Boetti.

About the artist

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Artist

Alighiero Boetti

Alighiero Fabrizio Boetti, known as Alighiero e Boetti (16 December 1940 – 24 April 1994) was an Italian painter, sculptor and conceptual artist, considered to be a member of the art movement Arte Povera.

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