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Outre-mer, 1989
GPO-0653
Umbrella, colour photo print
Photo print 30 x 24 cm
Gerd de Vries Collection, Berlin
Inside the umbrella set down on the ground the image of the palm of one hand up against the light, reproduced in the colour photograph pierced by the pole, stands out against the star chart printed inside the umbrella, as if "to screen the blinding glimmering of the starry firmament".1
The title refers to the name of the Paris shop where the artist purchased the umbrella.
1 G. Paolini in conversation with M. Disch (2005), in M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 2 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 653 p. 670.
| 1990 | Bologna, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Giulio Paolini. Hotel de l’Univers, 27 May - 29 July, cited in the checklist of exhibited works no. 21 p. 17, repr. pp. 73, 79 (exhibition views). |
| • | F. Pasini, “La Padania vista da famosi artisti”, in Padania 1 (Milan), January 1992, repr. p. 112 (exhibition view Bologna 1990). |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 2 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 653 p. 670, col. repr. |
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 01/06/2026
