Venere e Marte, 1973

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Archive number

GPC-0282

English title

Venus and Mars

Technique

Collage on paper

Dimensions

Five parts 50 x 35 cm each, overall dimensions 50 x 181 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Signed, titled, and dated on the verso of the fifth element, centre: “Giulio Paolini / Venere e Marte / 1973”

Collection

Private collection

Sources

Antonio Canova, Marte e Venere, 1815-19, marble, h 210 cm, Buckingham Palace, London.

Exhibitions

2001	Milan, Galleria Pack, Protagonisti dell’Arte Italiana 1960-1970, from 23 October.

Bibliography

•	Contemporary Artists, edited by C. Naylor and G. P-Orridge (London-New York: St. James Press and St. Martin’s Press, 1977), repr. p. 728 (detail, erroneously titled “Venere e Morte”).

Entry by Ilaria Bernardi and Maddalena Disch, 07/05/2026