GIULIO PAOLINI (B. 1940) - photo 1

GIULIO PAOLINI (B. 1940)

Lot 299
06.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1381051
Lot 299 | GIULIO PAOLINI (B. 1940)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
GIULIO PAOLINI (B. 1940)
Mimesi (Mimesis)
plaster cast, in two parts
each: 14 1/8 x 9 x 6 ¼in. (36 x 23 x 17cm.)
Executed in 1975, this work is number seventeen from an edition of twenty, plus three artist's proofs




Provenance

Lisson Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1978.



Literature

T. Trini, 'Paolini. Le sprigioni', in Studio Marconi 3-4 (Milan), 5 February 1976, pp. 3-4 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 3.)
I. Calvino, 'Equarrissage', in Opus International 59, May 1976 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 40).
Art Actuel Skira Annuel N. 4 / Actual Art Skira Annual No. 4, Geneva 1978 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 75).
G. Paolini, Atto unico in tre quadri, exh. cat., Milan, Studio Marconi, 1979, p. 104.
Giulio Paolini. Del bello intelligibile, exh. cat., Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1982 (illustrated, p. 8).
R. De Fusco, Storia dell’arte contemporanea, Bari 1983, p. 382, no. 349.
Histoires de sculpture, exh. cat., Cadillac, Château des Ducs d’Epernon, 1984 (installation view illustrated, p. 33).
F. Pasini, 'La parola e la mano. Intervista a Giulio Paolini', in L’Illustrazione italiana 5, no. 24, November 1985, p. 21.
M. Nannucci, Inventario per una raccolta di meraviglie: la collezione Carlo Dani, Montespertoli 1986 (another from the edition installed at the Dani Collection illustrated, unpaged.)
T. F. Conti, 'Giulio Paolini. Stacco permanente', in Titolo 2, no. 4, Spring 1991 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 7).
Italie à la FIAC 1992, exh. cat., Rome, 1992 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 100-101).
M. Noire, Impressions Graphiques: l’opera grafica 1967-1992 di Giulio Paolini, Turin 1992, no. 19 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).
M. Disch (ed.), Giulio Paolini. La voce del pittore – Scritti e interviste 1965-1995, Lugano 1995, p. 209.
D. von Drathen, 'Giulio Paolini. Der blinde Blick des Sehers', in Künstler. Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 33, 1996, no. 7, pp. 7 and 10 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 8).
M. Newman and J. Bird (eds.), Rewriting Conceptual Art, London 1999 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 172).
Souvenir Schifanoia, exh. cat., Ferrara, Palazzo Massari PAC, 2007 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 76-77).
Giulio Paolini, exh. cat., Bologna, Studio G7, 2008 (installation views of another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 76-79)
M. Disch (ed.), Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, volume 1, Milan 2008, p. 294, no. 283.
N. Logsdail, O. Ward and G. Hilty (eds.) Artist/Work/Lisson, London 2017 (installation view of another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 947).
F. Gualdoni (ed.), Paolini. I Grandi illustrati del Corriere della Sera. Arte contemporanea – I protagonisti 8, Milan 2022 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 18).
Giulio Paolini. O.D.E., exh. cat., Alba, Fondazione Mancini Carini, 2022, pp. 25-26, no. 2 (illustrated, p. 47).



Exhibited

Bologna, Studio G7, Giulio Paolini, 1975 (another from the edition exhibited).
Genoa, Galleria Unimedia, La somiglianza, 1976 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Rome, Cannaviello Studio d'arte and Milan, Studio Palazzoli.
Turin, Galleria Multipli, Giulio Paolini, 1976 (another from the edition exhibited).
Paris, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Giulio Paolini, 1976 (another from the edition exhibited).
Parma, Palazzo della Pilotta, Giulio Paolini, 1976, no. 195 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, unpaged).
London, Lisson Gallery, Giulio Paolini, 1977.
Dublin, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art and National Museum of Ireland, Rosc ‘77: The Poetry of Vision, 1977, p. 96, no. 109 (another from the edition exhibited with incorrect installation).
Sao Paulo, XIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, 1977, p. 363 (another from the edition exhibited).
Sanremo, Villa Comunale Ormond, La traccia del racconto. 21 artisti italiani contemporanei, 1977-1978 (another from the edition exhibited).
Bologna, Studio G7, Riflessione (lo specchio, la specularità), 1979, no. 3 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 8).
Bologna, Galleria De Foscherari, L’idea del marmo, 1985 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Florence, Galleria La Piramide.
Esslingen am Neckar, Galerie der Stadt, Villa Merkel, Sein und Sehnsucht. 10 italienische Künstler der 60er und 70er Jahre, 1985, no. 2 (another from the edition exhibited, with incorrect date and edition size).
Turin, Galleria In Arco, Arte Povera, 1990 (another from the edition exhibited).
New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Summer Group Show, 1992 (another from the edition exhibited).
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques. Das druckgraphische Werk 1967-1992, 1993, no. 19 (another from the edition exhibited).
Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques. Múltiplos e Obra Gráfica 1969-1995, 1995 (another from the edition exhibited).
Nice, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Arte Povera. Les multiples, 1996, p. 37 (another from the edition exhibited).
Apolda, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques, 1996 (another from the edition exhibited)
Göppingen, Kunsthalle, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques. Das graphische Druckwerk 1967-1995, 1997.
Milan, Association Jacqueline Vodoz et Bruno Danese, Impressions Graphiques. L’opera grafica di Giulio Paolini, 1967-2000, 2001.
Warsaw, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Belvedere italiano. Linee di tendenza nell’arte contemporanea 1945-2001, 2001, p. 140 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 122; incorrectly dated '1964').
Brussels, Académie Royale de Belgique, Il nuovo rit-ratto d’Europa. Identità dell’arte italiana negli ultimi 40 anni, 2003-2004 (another from the edition exhibited, p. 74). This exhibition later travelled to Bologna, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio.
New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Reflecting the Mirror, 2004 (another from the edition exhibited).
Rome, Studio d'arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande, Flavio de Marco – Mimesi 04 che guarda Mimesi di Giulio Paolini, 2006, pp. 2, 5, 7 & 9 (illustrated in colour, pp. 10 and 11).
Genoa, Museo d’arte contemporanea Villa Croce, In pubblico. Azioni e idee degli anni ’70 in Italia, 2007 (illustrated, pp. 30-31).
Rome, Università LUISS Guido Carli, Lo spazio e la misura, 2007 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 33).
London, Repetto Gallery, Metamorphosis. The Alchemists of Matter. A Point of View on Arte Povera, 2016 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 43).
London, Somerset House, The Classical Now, 2018, p. 9 (another from the exhibition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 43).
Celbridge, Long Gallery, On a Pedestal, 2018, p. 42 (another from the exhibition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 43).
Turin, Noire Gallery, Giulio Paolini. Promemoria, 2019 (another from the edition exhibited).
Milan, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Canova. I volti ideali, 2019-2020, pp. 203-204 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 94).
Rome, Erica Ravenna Arte Contemporanea, L’uomo e l’arte, 2021 (installation view of another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 32 and 42).
Paris, Librairie Marian Goodman, Giulio Paolini. Printed Editions and Multiples (1967-1977), 2022 (another from the edition exhibited).
Lugano, Repetto Gallery, Giorgio de Chirico. Nello specchio del Novecento. Warhol, Schifano, Paolini, Ghirri, Salvo, 2023 (another from the edition exhibited).



Further details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Artist:Giulio Paolini (1940)
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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