Prints & Multiples 
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Alighiero Boetti 1940–1994

Classifying the Thousand Longest Rivers in the World

1977
artist book with 1000 (plus sixteen) numbered pages bound in linen cover 8½ h × 6¼ w × 3¼ d in (22 × 16 × 8 cm)
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result: $4,001
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Numbered and inscribed with dedication by Roman gallery owner and cineast Mara Chiaretti to copyright page ‘219’. This work is number 219 from the first edition of 500 co-published by the artist and Anne-Marie Boetti, Italy.

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First of all I prefer thought. This is the basic thing. I really think manual skill is secondary...It’s taking things from reality. Everything, however small and humble, always has a beginning and stems from reality.

Alighiero Boetti

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