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16 Alighiero Boetti ‘My planes are real, they exist and fly every day! They go everywhere, in every direction and travel around the entire world. They are free and also so beau- tiful!’. ‘Aeri’ combines two important and frequently recurring aspects in Boetti’s artistic work: ballpoint pens and airplanes. In this series the artist acted as a director, entrusting the execution to third parties. Boetti commissioned the designer Guido Fuga to create models of airplanes, which he depicted from various perspectives and scales. He delegated the filling-in of the background with ballpoint pen strokes to assistants, provoking spontaneous interactions in the picture – and it is precisely this unpredictability that makes these works unique. In the triptych from the series offered on 2 July, an invasion of aero- planes seems to be rushing towards us. Convinced of future technical possibilities, Boetti prophesied: ‘One day it will be possible. The planes will no longer be driven by men but by robots, and everything will be calculated. In a few years, my work will be the true representation of the sky!’ Aeri. 1983 (triptych). Ballpoint pen on paper on canvas. 70 × 50 cmeach. Estimate: CHF 200 000/300 000 Andy Warhol In 1985, Warhol created his ‘Ads’ portfolio, which reinterpreted advertising subjects – such as this depiction of actor James Dean on a Hollywood movie poster. Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean). 1985. Colour screenprint. 131/190. 96.5 × 96.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 60 000/80 000 TomWesselmann Wesselmann prominently stages this naked torso – in the manner typical of his nudes, without showing the nose and eyes. Pastel-Nude on the Beach. Circa 1965. Pastel and pencil on paper. 19.7 × 23.2 cm. Estimate: CHF 50 000/70 000 © 2021, ProLitteris, Zurich Andy Warhol Toy packaging like this one for a wind-up plush dog inspired Warhol, formerly a commercial artist, who became an obsessive collector and highly successful popular artist. Terrier. 1983. Synthetic polymer and silkscreen on canvas. 35.5 × 28 cm. Estimate: CHF 50 000/70 000 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / 2021, ProLitteris, Zurich © 2021, ProLitteris, Zurich © The Andy Warho l Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / 2021, ProLitteris, Zurich