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Alighiero Boetti
Mappa1979

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Textile world map with each country filled in its national flag colors and patterns, bordered by Arabic script and Latin letters on a blue woven ground

Alighiero Boetti, Mappa, 1979, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by The Broad Contemporary Art Museum Foundation in honor of the museum's 40th anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Alighiero Boetti
Title
Mappa
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1979
Medium
Cotton muslin, cotton embroidery floss
Dimensions
Overall: 48 3/8 x 69 x 1 5/8 in. (122.8725 x 175.26 x 4.1275 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by The Broad Contemporary Art Museum Foundation in honor of the museum's 40th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2005.129
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography

  • "2005-2006 Selected Acquisitions." LACMA Insider 4, no.1 (2006): 4-7.

Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS)/SIAE, Rome

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