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Il silenzio é d’oro
Alighiero Boetti (Italian, 1940–1994) · 1988
£42,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $51,663≈ €48,711
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “embroidery on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'Alighiero Boetti' on the overlap
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 19 cm (6 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010217)
- Date
- March 10, 2017
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 194
- Estimate
- £12,000 – £18,000 (≈ $14,587 – $21,881) (≈ €13,754 – €20,631)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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