Idea del Tempio della pittura, 1981

Archive number

GPC-0586

English title

Idea of the Temple of Painting

Technique

Pencil, red pencil and collage on paper

Dimensions

Four parts 25.6 x 37.6 cm each, overall dimensions 25.6 x 155 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Described, signed, and dated on the verso of the fourth element, centre: “progetto per 8 pagine / della rivista “AEIUO”, n. 3 / Giulio Paolini / 1981”

Collection

Collection of the artist

Sources

• Figures: David Allan, The Origin of Painting (The Maid of Corinth), 1775, oil on wood, 38.70 x 31 cm, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
• Image of the eye from Opere di G. G. Winckelmann, prima edizione italiana completa 13 (Prato: Fratelli Giachetti, 1830-34), plate XXV, no. 60 (“Occhio di un Bacco”).

Bibliography

•	“Giulio Paolini. Idea del tempio della pittura”, in A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu 2, no. 3 (Rome), March, 1981, col. repr. pp. 4-11.

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 30/01/2026