La pura verità, 1994

Archive number

GPC-0877

English title

The Pure Truth

Technique

Pencil, red pencil and collage on paper

Dimensions

Four parts 40 x 40 cm each

Collection

Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino

Acquisitions and loans

Gift of the artist, 1996, inventory no. C-PAOG-001

Sources

Third element: portrait of Raymond Roussel from the cover of Dedicato a Raymond Roussel e alle sue “Impressioni d’Africa”, edited by Cesare Ripa di Meana and Sabina Zanon Dal Bo (Milan: Rizzoli, 1964).

Exhibitions

1994	Genoa, Galleria Locus Solus, Giulio Paolini, 25 February, cited in the checklist of exhibited works vol. 2, no. E4 p. 73, col. repr. vol. 2, p. 41 (titled “La pura verità (Etre anonyme, Tableau, Seul, Surface”).
2008-09	Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Una stanza tutta per sé, 2 April 2008 - 18 January 2009, no catalogue.

Bibliography

•	Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea. La Residenza Sabauda – La Collezione (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), col. repr. pp. 416-417 (exhibition view Rivoli 2008).
•	Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea. La storia e le collezioni, edited by C. Christov-Bakargiev and M. Beccaria, Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (Turin: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2023), vol. II, p. 821 (referred to in the text by M. Beccaria), col. repr. p. 828.

Entry by Ilaria Bernardi and Maddalena Disch, 06/05/2026