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Materials:

black pencil, plexiglass theca, white canvas, graphite and collage of 9 papers on wall

Size Notes:

canvas; plexiglass: 100 x 130 cm; graphite rectangle on wall: 150 x 200 cm + 9 papers (variable comprehensive measures)

Description:

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Literature:

Giulio Paolini, Giulio Paolini, Von heute bis gestern/da oggi a ieri, Von heute bis gestern/da oggi a ieri, catalogue of the exhibition at Neue Galerie im Landesmuseum Joanneum, catalogue of the exhibition at Neue Galerie im Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Graz, Cantz Verlag, Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1998, 1998, p. 320, p. 320, with ill.;, with ill.;, Gian Enzo Sperone. Torino, Gian Enzo Sperone. Torino, Roma, Roma, New York, New York, 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America, 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America, Hopefulmonster, Hopefulmonster, Turin, Turin, 2000, 2000, vol. II, vol. II, p. 447, p. 447, with ill.;, with ill.;, Giulio Paolini, Giulio Paolini, Quattro passi nel museo senza muse, Quattro passi nel museo senza muse, Giulio Einaudi, Giulio Einaudi, Turin, Turin, 2006, 2006, p. 75, p. 75, with ill.; Maddalena Disch, with ill.; Maddalena Disch, Giulio Paolini catalogo ragionato, Giulio Paolini catalogo ragionato, Skira, Skira, 2008, 2008, vol. II, vol. II, 1983–1999, 1983–1999, no. 755, no. 755, with ill., with ill., “In the centre of a plexiglass display case containing a prepared cloth, “In the centre of a plexiglass display case containing a prepared cloth, a black pencil approaches the canvas without, a black pencil approaches the canvas without, however, however, touching its surface, touching its surface, as if it wanted to pause before the moment of contact. The display case is surrounded by a larger frame drawn on the wall with a pencil. Depending on the available space, as if it wanted to pause before the moment of contact. The display case is surrounded by a larger frame drawn on the wall with a pencil. Depending on the available space, the work contains a few drawing sheets, the work contains a few drawing sheets, some of them with traces in pencil of other putative squares, some of them with traces in pencil of other putative squares, which are scattered and progressively spaced out from the interior of the display case towards the exterior. ‘Truer than truth - that is, which are scattered and progressively spaced out from the interior of the display case towards the exterior. ‘Truer than truth - that is, the moment of truth’ constructed not so much by the traces that the pencil will still leave behind on the upper surface of the canvas, the moment of truth’ constructed not so much by the traces that the pencil will still leave behind on the upper surface of the canvas, as by the circumstance that the pencil is directly aimed towards the target, as by the circumstance that the pencil is directly aimed towards the target, in order to capture the simple possibility of this future occurrence.“, in order to capture the simple possibility of this future occurrence.“, The artist in conversation with M. Disch, The artist in conversation with M. Disch, December 2005, December 2005

Provenance:

Atelier Giulio Paolini, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, E. Menzio Collection, Monaco (label on the reverse of one paper), European Private Collection, Exhibited:, Rome, Giulio Paolini, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, April 1995.