Lot 116
  • 116

Giulio Paolini

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Giulio Paolini
  • Notti Bianche
  • framed black and white photograph and three stretched canvases
  • overall: 60 by 80 by 70cm.; 23 5/8 by 31 1/2 by 27 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1990, this work is number 5 from an edition of 6.

Provenance

Eva Menzio, Turin
Trussoni Collection, Monaco
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Parma, Galleria Niccoli, Un'idea di leggerezza, 1991, p. 46, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Padova, Palazzo della Ragione, Quindicesima Biennale Internazionale del Bronzetto e della piccola Scultura. L'avventura dell'oggetto, 1991-92, p. 113, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Lyon-Villeurbanne, Le Nouveau Musée, La collection Christian Stein: Un regard sur l'art italien, 1992, p. 197, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Mira/Riviera del Brenta, Villa Widmann Rezzonico Foscari, Itineraio: Giulio Paolini, Domenico Bianchi, Berhard Rüdiger, 1995, p. 19, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Meran, Haus der Sparkasse, Meta.fisica - Kunst und Philosophie von de Chirico bis zur Konzeptkunst, 2003-04, p. 159, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Brussels, Académie Royale de Belgique; Bologna, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio,  Il nuovo rit-ratto d'Europa. Identità dell'arte italiana negli ultimi 40 anni, 2003-04, p. 75, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colours: The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. Condition: This work is in good condition. There are minor rub and handling marks scattered along the outer edges of the white canvases. There is a small chip to the upper left hand corner and minor rubbing to the upper edge of the black lacquer wooden frame. The paper of the printed photograph is slightly undulated and there are some tiny spots of mould to the upper left hand corner and to the upper centre which appear to be removable. There is a minute nick to the upper left hand corner.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist