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Anna (19 settembre 1972), 1972
GPO-0242
Anna (19 September 1972)
Coloured pencils on primed canvas
120 x 180 cm
Signed, titled, and dated on the verso, central stretcher bar, centre: “Giulio Paolini Anna (19 settembre 1972)”
Fondazione Giulio e Anna Paolini, Turin
Gift of Anna Paolini Piva, 25 October 2012, archive no. GPO-0242
The name Anna (Piva) is written in pencil in large red letters in a close-knit geometric pattern, outlined with coloured pencils on a primed canvas so as to create an enigmatic cryptographic image that escapes deciphering at first glance.
The date in the title, 19 September, corresponds to the birthday of Anna Piva (1931-2021), Giulio Paolini's partner at the time, and later to become his wife.
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 242 p. 250, col. repr. |
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 30/01/2026
