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Studio per “Liber veritatis”, 1979

GPC-0521

Study for “Liber veritatis”

Pencil, red pencil and collage on paper

Two parts 50 x 50 cm each, overall dimensions 50 x 100 cm

Zaira Mis Collection, Brussels

Image of the eye from Opere di G. G. Winckelmann, prima edizione italiana completa 13 (Prato: Fratelli Giachetti, 1830-34), plate XXV, no. 60 (“Occhio di un Bacco”).
Title from Claude Lorrain, Liber Veritatis, 1636-82, British Museum, London.

1979 London, Lisson Gallery, Giulio Paolini. Liber veritatis, 20 March - 13 April.
2000 Paris, Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Arte Povera Torinese, 15 April - 20 May (titled “Studio per Liber veritatis 2”).
2004 Brussels, Artiscope, Regards, 26 March - 26 June.
Giulio Paolini, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1980, repr. p. 43 (with incorrect technique).
Entry by Ilaria Bernardi and Maddalena Disch, 12/06/2026