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.
Oggi diciannovesimo giorno ottavo mese dell'anno millenove100ottantotto (Today the Nineteenth Day of the Eighth Month of the Year OneThousandNine100Eighty-Eight)
Boetti, Alighiero1988
Accession Number
2020.103.1
Medium
cotton embroidery (Bokhara couching) on cotton/linen fabric
Dimensions
overall: 112.5 × 104 cm (44 5/16 × 40 15/16 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art
Credit Line
Gift of the Collectors Committee