Giulio Paolini

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Giulio Paolini
Apollo and Daphne
signed, titled, dated 1978 and numbered 3/3 on the underside
plaster, photograph, paper, Plexiglas and board construction
30 by 32 by 25cm.; 11 7/8 by 12 5/8 by 9 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galleria Bonomo, Bari
Private Collection, Geneva
Maximum Minini Gallery, Brescia
MG Art Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Ghent, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Kunst in Europa na '68, 1980, p. 143, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Montreal, Musee d'art Contemporain; Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery; Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Giulio Paolini, 1984-1986, p. 75, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Athens, Dracos Art Center, Giulio Paolini, 1985, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Basel, Galerie Fina Bitterlin, Literature in Space, 1986, n.p., illustration of another example
Jean Bernier and Marina Eliades, Jean Bernier Gallery 1977-1998, Athens 1998, n.p. illustration of another example
Maddalena Disch, Giulio Paolini, Catalogo Ragionato 1960-1999, Milan 2008, Vol. I, p. 388, no. 382, illustration of another example

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. The catalogue illustration fails to fully convey the three dimensionality of the work, apparent in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is light wear to the paper elements and a few scattered rubs and handling marks to the plaster hand.
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Catalogue Note

"The gesture of the hand that tries to take control of the photographic image to make her his, succeeds only at the cost of turning it into a 'thing' and loses the vision" Giulio Paolini