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Giulio Paolini
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Giulio Paolini
- Quadrante
- (iii) signed, titled and dated 1975 on the stretcher
(i) - (iii) colour photographic reproduction on canvas
(ii) coloured pencil on primed canvas- each: 80 by 97.8cm.; 31½ by 38½in.
Provenance
Galleria Notizie, Turin
Private Collection, Europe
Private Collection, Europe
Exhibited
Milan, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Lucio Fontana, Giulio Paolini, Mario Schifano, 2003
Literature
'Giulio Paolini', Quaderno no. 30, Università degli Studi di Parma, Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione, Parma 1976, no. 199, illustrated
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly richer and deeper, with the background of the central panel tending more towards ivory in the original.
Condition:
Each panel is in very good conditioon.
(i) There is a tiny canvas indentation to the top left quadrant and a further tiny indentation above the lower edge on the left side of the lower right quadrant. There are a few spots of wear to the composition: two spots to the lower left quadrant, one speck towards the top of the upper left quadrant, another to the bottom of the upper right quadrant and a few further minute specks elsewhere.
(ii) There are faint handling marks in places to the extreme edges. Close examination reveals several small light rub marks: adjacent to the top right corner on the right edge, to the centre of the top edge, to the lower left corner and to the top left corner. There is a tiny canvas protrusion to the right side of the top horizontal section, just above the red line of media, and a tiny indentation to the centre of the top extreme edge. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
(iii) On close inspection there are two very small media accretions to the left of centre on the upper extreme edge, three spots of wear to the centre on the lower extreme edge and a faint rub mark to the centre to the top edge. Faint parallel stretcher bar marks are visible across the central vertical axis.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."