LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic and graphite on canvas

Measurements:

78.74 in. (200.00 cm.) (height) by 118.23 in. (300.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and titled 'Giulio Paolini indice delle opere inscritto in un motivo decorativo' (on the stretcher bar)

Exhibited:

Spoleto, Chiesa di San Nicolò, 420 West Broadway at Spoleto Festival: 33 artists shown; by Leo Castelli, Andre´ Emmerich, Sonnabend, John Weber, XV Festival dei Due Mondi, June-July 1972, n.p. (illustrated). New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Giulio Paolini , November-December 1972

Literature:

G. Celant, Giulio Paolini , New York, 1972, p. 112 (illustrated). M. Volpi Orlandini, "L'artista dell'avanguardia che piace allo storico dell'arte," Bolaffiarte , Turin, June-July 1973, p. 85 (illustrated). G. Bolaffi, ed., Catalogo nazionale Bolaffi d'arte moderna no. 9 , Turin, 1974, p. 109 (illustrated). G. Paolini, Images/Index , Villeurbanne, 1984, p. 133 (illustrated). G. Paolini, Suspense. Breve storia del vuoto in tredici stanze , Florence, 1988, p. 29 (illustrated). F. Poli, Giulio Paolini , Turin, 1990, no. 22 (illustrated). Giulio Paolini. Von heute bis gestern/Da oggi a ieri , exh. cat., Neue Galerie Graz at the Universalmuseum Joanneum, 1998, p. 237 (illustrated). Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th Century Art , exh. cat., MoMA PS1, New York, 1999, p. 95 (illustrated). Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972 , exh. cat., Tate Modern, London, 2001, p. 280 (illustrated). M. Disch, Giulio Paolini: Catalogo ragionato , Tomo primo 1960-1982 , Milan, 2008, pp. 248 and 934, no. 240 (illustrated)

Provenance:

The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist By descent to the present owner