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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, 28/09/2026