Giulio Paolini (b. 1940)
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Giulio Paolini (b. 1940)

Ante Litteram

Details
Giulio Paolini (b. 1940)
Ante Litteram
six plaster elements with wooden base and Plexiglas top
62 7/8 x 31½ x 31½in. (160 x 80 x 80cm.)
Executed in 1985, this work is number one from an edition of six
Provenance
Studio La Città, Verona.
Literature
Giulio Paolini. La pittura abbandonata, exh cat., Kunstnernes Haus, Oslo 1986 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).
Giulio Paolini, vol.2: Il Museo/Das Museum, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stoccarda 1986 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 37).
G. Paolini, Suspense. Breve storia del vuoto in tredici stanze, Florence 1988 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 140).
F. Poli, Giulio Paolini, Turin 1990, no. 117 (another from the edition illustrated).
Exhibited
Verona, Studio La Città, 20 anni fa 1968, April 1988 (illustrated, unpaged).
Verona, Studio La Città, Sculpttura: la scultura vista dai pittori, May 1989 (illustrated, p. 33).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Archivio Giulio Paolini, Paris.

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