Tutto qui, 1985
GPE-0054
That’s It
Lithograph
Plate 22.5 x 15.7 cm folded, 22.5 x 62.5 cm open
Signed on the verso of the fourth panel, bottom right: “Giulio Paolini”
Autograph numbering on the verso of the first panel, bottom left
70 in Arabic numerals from 1/70 to 70/70
30 in Roman numerals from I/XXX to XXX/XXX
From one edition to another the number and the position of the rectangles outlined in pencil vary; in each case they appear to be held by the Ariadne Abandoned.
Essegi Editrice, Ravenna
The print was produced by the Agenzia Editoriale Essegi, Ravenna, for the monograph Giulio Paolini. “Tutto qui”, published on the occasion of the solo exhibition of Paolini's work at the Loggetta Lombardesca in Ravenna from 15 June to 22 September 1985, curated by Giulio Guberti. The book is part of the series Artisti contemporanei, published by the Ravenna publishing house – founded in 1980 by Massimo Casamenti (art director), Danilo Montanari, and Tiziano Fiorini – on the occasion of the solo exhibitions at the Pinacoteca Comunale.
Giulio Paolini. “Tutto qui” (Ravenna: Agenzia Editoriale Essegi, 1985). Artisti contemporanei series, 23.3 x 16.5, cm, 224 pages, paper binding. Texts by Mirella Bandini, Bruno Corà, Saverio Vertone, anthology of writings by and interviews with the artist 1963-1984, critical anthology 1965-84, bio-bibliographical appendix, b/w illustrations, double gate-fold plate. Print run unknown, 100 copies include the folded print edition, in the remaining copies the plate, with no inscriptions, is inserted between pages 152 and 153.
On the verso of the print, note by the artist, Questa mostra, referring to the solo show at the Pinacoteca Comunale, Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, 1985.
The four-fold print represents, in the fourth side, a male figure wearing a tail-coat and a top hat, half-hidden by a blank surface that he holds before himself, as if to examine it up against the light. The surface – a canvas or a sheet of paper – is contained inside a line drawing, which alludes to a beam from a source of light (located at the opposite end and turned towards the figure) and at the same time to the figure's visual cone.
The protagonist is a stand-in for the author – in the guise of a master of ceremonies, a presenter, or a magician – who emphasizes the moment when, as part of a performance, the lights and the attention are focused on the point in which the culminating event is about to take place: in this case, the manifestation of an image, the becoming of a vision. That elect moment and that circumscribed place, that is, that the author is constantly putting into focus, in the trajectory of his gaze as well as that of the viewer: “tutto qui” (that's it), as the title tells us.
The same theme can be found in two large-scale versions (GPO-0551, GPO-0596), as well as in several studies on paper (GPC-0686, GPC-0687, GPC-1657, GPC-0688).
Portrait of Fred Astaire, unknown source.
| 1992 | Bonn, Bonner Kunstverein, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques. Das graphische Werk 1967-1992, 24 February - 29 March (catalogue Impressions graphiques. L’opera grafica 1967-1992 di Giulio Paolini [Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1992], cat. no. 55). |
| 1993 | Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques. Das druckgraphische Werk 1967-1992, 16 January - 7 March (catalogue Impressions graphiques. L’opera grafica 1967-1992 di Giulio Paolini [Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1992], cat. no. 55). |
| 1995 | Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques. Múltiplos e Obra Gráfica 1969-1995, 16 March - 28 May, not repr. in the exhibition brochure (catalogue Impressions graphiques. L’opera grafica 1967-1992 di Giulio Paolini [Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1992], cat. no. 55). |
| 1996 | Apolda, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques, 27 September - 27 October (catalogue Impressions graphiques. L’opera grafica 1967-1992 di Giulio Paolini [Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1992], cat. no. 55). |
| 1997 | Göppingen, Kunsthalle, Giulio Paolini. Impressions graphiques. Das graphische Druckwerk 1967-1995, 9 March - 13 April (catalogue Impressions graphiques. L’opera grafica 1967-1992 di Giulio Paolini [Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1992], cat. no. 55). |
| 2002 | Modena, Biblioteca civica d’arte Luigi Poletti, Giulio Paolini. Pagine, 20 September - 23 November, repr. p. 39 (caption pp. 91-92). |
| 2006 | Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Libri Books Bücher, 29 April - 30 July, no catalogue. |
| 2011 | Bologna, Aula Magna della Biblioteca Universitaria, Libro / Opera. Viaggio nelle pagine d'artista. La collezione di Danilo Montanari, 16 September - 12 October, repr. p. 151. |
| • | Impressions graphiques. L’opera grafica 1967-1992 di Giulio Paolini (Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1992), cat. no. 55, repr. |
| • | G. Paolini, La verità in quattro righe e novantacinque voci, edited by S. Risaliti (Turin: Giulio Einaudi editore, 1996), repr. as a faded background image to the entry for "Immagine" pp. 96-97 (with a vertical line in the area corresponding to the right hand, thereby outlining a rectangle). |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 2 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 551 p. 560, not repr. |
