Eclisse (III), 1976

Archive number

GPO-0342

English title

Eclipse (III)

Technique

Pencil on primed canvas and on reversed canvas

Dimensions

100 x 150 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Signed, titled, and dated on the verso, upper stretcher bar, right: “Giulio Paolini / Eclisse (III) 1976”

Collection

Private collection, courtesy Giò Marconi, Milan

Description

The reversed canvas applied to the middle of a primed canvas duplicates the drawing of the spatial framing drawn on the larger canvas.
The work is the last of three variants – as indicated by the numbering in the title – made between 1975 and 1976 (GPO-0311, GPO-0320, GPO-0336).

Exhibitions

2007	Milan, Galleria Giò Marconi, Giulio Paolini, 4 May - 27 July.

Bibliography

•	“Giulio Paolini. ‘Una collezione ’60/’80” (Milan: Studio Marconi, 1990), repr. pp. 146-147.
•	M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 342 p. 352, repr.

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 07/05/2026