L’arte “a consulto”, 2017
GPC-1985
Asking Art for Guidance
Pencil, coloured pencils, black ink, red ink, reproduction on acetate, metal tacks and collage on paper
Three parts 70 x 60 cm each, overall dimensions 70 x 184 cm
Titled, dated, and signed on the verso, centre: “L’arte “a consulto” / 2017 / Giulio Paolini”
Private collection, Lecce
• Second element, couple of figures in the tondo at the upper centre from Davide Bertolotti, L’Italia descritta e dipinta con le sue isole di Sicilia, Sardinia, Elba, Malta, Eolie, di Calipso, ecc. 2 (Turin: Giuseppe Pomba e C., 1837-38), plate 14 (“Pitture antiche. Pompei. Peintures Antiques”).
• Second element, figure in the tondo at the upper left from Thomas Hope, Costumes of the Greeks and Romans (New York: Dover Publications, 1962), plate 109 (“Clio from a statue in the Villa Borghese”).
• Second element, figure in the tondo at the upper right: female nude with pen, Neoclassical period.
• Second element, figure in the tondo at the center: Jean-Jacques Pradier, Phryné, 1845, marble, 183 x 40 x 47 cm, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble.
• Second element, figure viewed from the back at the lower centre: portrait of Giulio Paolini taken by Salvatore Mazza, 1993.
• Third element: Giorgio Vasari, Calliope, 1555-58, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.
