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Studio per “La caduta di Icaro”, 1979

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Archive number

GPC-0569

English title

Study for “La caduta di Icaro”

Technique

Pencil and collage on paper

Dimensions

70 x 50 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Signed, titled, and dated on the verso: “Giulio Paolini / Studio per / “La caduta di Icaro” / 1979”

Collection

Private collection, Turin

Exhibitions

1985	Madrid, Palacio de Cristal, Palacio de Velázquez e Parque del Retiro, Del Arte Povera a 1985, 24 January - 7 April, cited in the checklist of exhibited works p. 215, repr. no. 97 p. 111 (erroneously dated “1980”).

Bibliography

•	Giulio Paolini, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1980, repr. p. 64 (erroneously dated “1980”, rotated by 90 degrees clockwise).
•	B. Marcelis, “Giulio Paolini in Amsterdam”, in Domus 607 (Milan), June, 1980, repr. p. 48 (erroneously dated “1980”, rotated by 90 degrees clockwise).
•	Coerenza in coerenza. Dall’Arte Povera al 1984, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Mole Antonelliana (Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984), repr. no. 1 p. 85 (erroneously dated “1980”).
•	S. Menichini, “’La caduta di Icaro’ di Giulio Paolini (1981). Uno studio iconografico”, in L’uomo nero. Materiali per una storia delle arti della modernità 22, n.s., no. 17-18, February (Milan - Udine: Mimesis Edizioni, 2021), pp. 175-176, repr. p. 172.

Entry by Ilaria Bernardi and Maddalena Disch, 12/06/2026