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Studio per “De pictura”, 1977

GPC-0457

Study for “De pictura”

Pencil and collage on grey paper

70 x 100 cm

Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “Studio per / “De pictura” / Giulio Paolini / 1977”

Private collection, Prato

The cut-out figures are from the front and back view photographs commissioned by Giulio Paolini from the photographer Mario Sarotto, after dressing an anonymous mannequin.
Title from Leon Battista Alberti,
De pictura, 1435.

2006 Bergamo, GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Giulio Paolini. Fuori programma, 6 April - 16 July, col. repr. pp. 50-51 (exhibition view), col. repr. p. 56.
Entry by Ilaria Bernardi and Maddalena Disch, 15/05/2026