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Progetto per la pietra tombale di Italo Calvino, 1985-86

GPC-0600

Project for the Gravestone of Italo Calvino

Golden pencil on paper

34 x 16 cm

Dedicated on the verso, upper right: “per Italo Calvino”; signed and dated on the verso, centre: “Giulio Paolini / 1985-86”

Collection of the artist

2023-24 Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Favoloso Calvino. Il mondo come opera d’arte. Carpaccio, de Chirico, Gnoli, Melotti e gli altri, 13 October 2023 - 4 February 2024, cited in the checklist of exhibited works p. 228, col. repr. p. 41, referred to in the text by M. Barenghi p. 41; exhibition copy.
2024 Francavilla al Mare, Museo Michetti, 75° Premio Michetti. Sei memo per questo millennio, 20 July - 6 October, col. repr. p. 43, referred to in the text by S. Ciglia p. 36.
A. Cortellessa, “La cornice e le stelle”, in G. Paolini, Idem (Milan: Electa, 2023), pp. 129, 144-145, repr. p. 144.
D. Viva, “Il Pittore e il suo doppio. Giulio Paolini con Italo Calvino”, in Antinomie, collective blog, 10 January 2024, col. repr.
C. Riva, “Et in Arcadia ego”, in Giulio Paolini. Et in Arcadia ego, exhibition catalogue, Verona, Galleria d’Arte Moderna Achille Forti (Imola: Manfredi Edizioni, 2024), p. 42, not repr.
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 02/07/2026