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Babele, 1989

Archive number

GPC-1680

English title

Babel

Technique

Collage on paper

Dimensions

75 x 70 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “ “Babele” / Giulio Paolini / 1989”

Collection

Private collection, Turin

Sources

Athanasius Kircher, Turris Babel (Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesberg, 1679), book 2, section 3, chapter 1, p. 67 (”Barbara Pyramidum fileat miracula Memphis Mortialis”), and chapter. IX, p. 89 (”Colossus Solis apud Rhodios”).

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 02/02/2026