Alighiero Boetti The Thousand Longest Rivers of the World 1976-82
- Medium
- Embroidery on cotton and linen
- Dimensions
- 8' 3" x 17' 7" (251.5 x 535.9 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Jeanne C. Thayer Fund, The Bernhill Fund, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Fund, Agnes Gund, and Barbara Jakobson Fund
- Object number
- 279.1993.1
- Copyright
- © 2025 / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Alighiero Boetti has 282 works online.
- There are 2,462 paintings online.
Installation views
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Tempo
Jun 29–Sep 9, 2002
1 other work identified
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Tempo
Jun 29–Sep 9, 2002
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Tempo
Jun 29–Sep 9, 2002
1 other work identified
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Tempo
Jun 29–Sep 9, 2002
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Contemporary: Inaugural Installation
Nov 20, 2004–Jul 11, 2005
2 other works identified
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Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art
Sep 10, 2008–Mar 23, 2009
2 other works identified
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Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art
Sep 10, 2008–Mar 23, 2009
4 other works identified
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Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art
Sep 10, 2008–Mar 23, 2009
2 other works identified
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