Oggi diciannovesimo giorno ottavo mese dell'anno millenove100ottantotto (Today the Nineteenth Day of the Eighth Month of the Year OneThousandNine100Eighty-Eight)
1988
Artist, Italian, 1940 - 1994

Artwork overview
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Medium
cotton embroidery (Bokhara couching) on cotton/linen fabric
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 112.5 × 104 cm (44 5/16 × 40 15/16 in.)
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Accession
2020.103.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist;[1] acquired 1988 by private collection, Milan; (Ben Brown Fine Arts, London and Hong Kong); purchased 2020 by NGA.
[1] Embroidered by Afghan women artisans in Peshawar, Pakistan, after a design by Boetti.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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Alighiero Boetti, Embroideries Including Mappas, Tuttos and a Rug, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2019
Bibliography
2019
Guadagnini, Walter. Fontana e Milano: continuità di una storia. Milan, 2019: 231, repro.
Inscriptions
center right, Farsi text woven horizontally in black. (Translation: in Afghanistan the opening day of Independence Day celebrations); center left, Farsi text woven horizontally in black. (Translation: always with the ancient equestrian game of Buzkashi) The two horizontal texts read continuously right to left.
upper center, Farsi text woven vertically in yellow. (Translation from top to bottom: It appeared more beautiful. Calligraphy by Javid); lower center, Farsi text woven vertically in yellow. (Translation from top to bottom: embroidery/needlepoint Alighiero Boetti)
lower left reverse (currently, due to border being folded over stretcher; previously, lower right): by AFGHAN PEOPLE; lower right reverse (currently, due to border being folded over stretcher; previously, lower left): PESHAWAR 88