Senza titolo (dalla serie dei “Disegni”), 1964
GPC-0038
Untitled (from the Series “Disegni”)
Sheet of drawing paper with autograph inscription, printed plate
65.4 x 50 cm
Signed and dated on the recto of the sheet of drawing paper, upper left: “Giulio Paolini 1964”
Private collection, courtesy Repetto Gallery
The display case should be set up on an opaque white plinth (about 80 x 80 x 50 cm or in any case slightly larger than the display case), or, in a domestic situation, on a table or other horizontal support surface. The display case must be as follows: height 20 cm, variable width and length depending on the size of the sheet of drawing paper, however enough to leave at least 5 cm leeway on each of the four sides.
The sheet should be arranged on the bottom of the display case so that it is slightly askew and in an open position (the signed side should be considered the recto).
The fold in the sheet must remain clearly visible – possibly just slightly lifting the upper half of the sheet – to avoid a flattening effect. The printed plate should be placed freely and so that it is askew with respect to the sheet.
Alternatively, in a museum or in a large room: installation with two plexiglas cubes 80 x 80 x 80 cm, placed one on top of the other and slightly askew (the lower one is the base, the upper one is a protective case). The two sheets must be unfolded when they are installed, but their folds must be clearly visible. They must also be staggered, possibly with the upper part of the signed one slightly elevated, so that it is propped up against the case.
Or, again in a museum venue, depending on the situation and what is possible: installation on a white or plexiglas base 80 x 80 x 50 cm or 80 x 80 x 80 cm, with a plexiglas case measuring 40 x 80 x 50 / 40 x 80 x 80 cm.
Charles-Nicolas Cochin, le Jeune, École de Dessein, engraving on copper, published in Jean Baptiste Le Rond d’Alembert, Encyclopédie 20 (1763), plate I.
| 2009 | Zurich, Galerie Annemarie Verna, Giulio Paolini. Aula di disegno (Happy Days), 9 October - 28 November. |
| 2016 | London, Repetto Gallery, Metamorphosis: the Alchemists of Matter. A Point of View on Arte Povera, 5 October - 2 November. |
| 2022 | Monforte d’Alba (Cuneo), Castello di Perno, Giulio Paolini O.D.E., 29 October - 19 November, col. repr. p. 138. |
| • | Metamorphosis: the Alchemists of Matter. A Point of View on Arte Povera, exhibition catalogue, London, Repetto Gallery, 2016, col. repr. p. 42. |