Lot 51
  • 51

Giulio Paolini

Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Giulio Paolini
  • Equivalenza
  • signed, titled and dated 1975 on the reverse
  • pencil, folded canvas and nails on four canvases
  • 120 by 180cm.
  • 47 1/4 by 70 3/4 in.

Provenance

the artist
Luciano Pistoi, Rome
Galleria Mazzoli, Modena
Private Collection, Milan
Sale: Sotheby's, Milan, Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 30 May 2001, Lot 363
Gemma Testa De Angelis, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Siena, Palazzo delle Papesse, De Gustibus, Collezione privata Italia, 2002, p. 31, illustrated
Milan, Museo della Permanente, La bellezza, 2006, illustrated

Literature

Maurizio Fagiolo, "Glossario" in: Giulio Paolini, Università di Parma, Centro Studi e Archivio della comunicazione, Parma 1976, p. 26, no. 196, illustrated
Exhibition Catalogue, Venice, Chiesa di San Samuele, Artisti italiani contemporanei 1950-1983, 1983, p. 48, illustrated (erroneous caption)
Maddalena Disch, Giulio Paolini, Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, Milan 2008, vol. I, p. 292, no. 281, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is very light and superficial wear to the bottom and top right corners.
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