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Buenos Aires (sineddoche), 1965
GPO-0088
Buenos Aires (Synecdoche)
Fragment of an atlas applied to primed canvas
Ø 100 cm
Signed, dated, and titled on the verso, upper stretcher bar: “Giulio Paolini 1965 / Buenos Aires (sineddoche)”
Private collection
At the centre of a primed round canvas is a tiny circular fragment torn from the page of an atlas representing the universe. By synecdoche this also includes Buenos Aires, the native city of Jorge Luis Borges, to whom the work is an implicit homage.
| • | G. Celant, Giulio Paolini (New York: Sonnabend Press, 1972), repr. no. 45 p. 50; reprint (Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale, 2019). |
| • | G. Paolini, Suspense. Breve storia del vuoto in tredici stanze (Florence: Hopeful Monster editore, 1988), repr. p. 62. |
| • | Giulio Paolini 1960-1972, edited by G. Celant (Milan: Fondazione Prada, 2003), repr. p. 142. |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 88 p. 118, col. repr. |
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 22/04/2026
