Research Catalog

Title

Cieli ad alta quota / Alighiero e Boetti.

Author

Boetti, Alighiero, 1940-1994.

Publication

[Vienna] : Museum in Progress, 1993, c1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Obrist, Hans Ulrich.
• Österreichische Luftverkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft.
• Museum in progress (Association) pbl

Description

1 case (6 v., 6 jigsaw puzzles) : col. ill. ; 29 x 21 x 7 cm.

Summary

• Consists of 6 issues of the Austrian Airlines in-flight magazine Sky lines (1993, no. 1-6), each accompanied by a jigsaw puzzle based on a picture by Alighiero e Boetti. Each picture depicts white model airplanes against a background of a blue sky with clouds and is reproduced as a double-page spread in the corresponding issue of Sky lines.
• "Museum in Progress on board ... On the following 2-page spread you will find the exhibition 'Cieli ad alta quota," an exclusive presentation by the Museum in Progress for the Austrian Airlines in-flight magazine Sky lines which has been made possible by Asea Brown Boveri ... Artist: Alighiero e Boetti, 1993 ... Curator: Hans Ulrich Obrist ... Duration: 6 issues ... during 1993 ... From February 1st on you can request the artist's work in the form of a jigsaw puzzle (limited edition of 4,000) from the flight attendants"--P. 7 of each issue of the magazine.
• "This jigsaw puzzle constitutes a part of the exhibition 'Cieli ad alta quota," an exclusive presentation by the Museum in Progress for Austrian Airlines"--Text on back of each puzzle.

Uniform Title

Sky lines (Austrian Airlines)

Subject

• Boetti, Alighiero, 1940-1994
• Airplanes > Models > Pictorial works
• Airplanes in art
• Conceptual art > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – Austria – 20th century.
• Jigsaw puzzles – Austria – 20th century.

Note

• Title and name of publisher from case. Copyright date from text on back of each puzzle.

Language (note)

• Title in Italian; text of magazines and on back of puzzles in German and English.

Binding (note)

• Issued in red cloth-covered slipcase, lettered in gilt.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Austr. 1993 12-216

OCLC

824964080

Author

Boetti, Alighiero, 1940-1994.

Title

Cieli ad alta quota / Alighiero e Boetti.

Imprint

[Vienna] : Museum in Progress, 1993, c1992.

Language

Title in Italian; text of magazines and on back of puzzles in German and English.

Binding

Issued in red cloth-covered slipcase, lettered in gilt.

Place of Publication

Austria Vienna.

Added Author

Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Curator

Österreichische Luftverkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft.

Museum in progress (Association) Publisher

Added Title

Sky lines (Austrian Airlines)

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Austr. 1993 12-216