Zeusi e Parrasio, 2007

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Archive number

GPO-0960

English title

Zeuxis and Parrhasius

Technique

Plaster casts, plexiglas cases, white plinths, pencil on primed canvas

Dimensions

Eight plaster casts h 46 cm each, two canvases 150 x 150 cm each, two plexiglas cases 50 x 50 cm each, two plinths 135 x 50 x 50 cm each, overall dimensions variable

Collection

Private collection

Sources

• Polykleitos, Doryphoros, 440 BC, marble, 53 x 19 x 25 cm, Museo Archeologico, Naples.
• Greek head of a man, marble, h 44 cm, Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Exhibitions

2007-08	Brescia, Galleria Massimo Minini, Giulio Paolini. Zeusi e Parrasio, 22 November 2007 - 2 February 2008.
2013	Lugano, Cortesi Contemporary, Arte italiana '60-'90, 16 May - 7 July, col. repr. pp. 19, 20 (exhibition view, with incorrect installation of the casts).
2016	London, Cortesi Gallery, Checkmate. Games of International Art from the Sixties to Now, 21 September - 30 November.

Bibliography

•	A. Bellini, “Giulio Paolini. Autoriflessivo”, in Flash Art 42, no. 275 (Milan, Italian edition), April-May 2009, col. repr. p. 66 (detail).
•	Paolini. I Grandi illustrati del Corriere della Sera. Arte contemporanea – I protagonisti 8, edited by F. Gualdoni (Milan: RCS MediaGroup S.p.a., 2022), p. 74, col. repr. pp. 74-75.

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 20/06/2026