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Ex acto, 1967
GPO-0134
Perforated plexiglas sheets
29 x 25.2 cm (three parts 14.5 x 25.2 cm each)
The work was executed in six numbered editions and one (?) unnumbered edition.
| 1/6 | Present whereabouts unknown |
| 2/6 | Present whereabouts unknown |
| 3/6 | Private collection |
| 4/6 | Private collection, Turin |
| 5/6 | Present whereabouts unknown |
| 6/6 | Present whereabouts unknown |
| N.n. | Private collection, Turin |
The act of achieving a perfect balance (“ex acto”) between three overlapping plexiglas sheets – each of which has a hole so that it can be hung from the same place on the wall – creates a hexagonal ("exact") figure.
A larger version of the work was also made in the same year (GPO-0133).
| 1982 | Villeurbanne, Le Nouveau Musée, Une introduction à l’œuvre de Giulio Paolini 1960/70. Artiste invité de l’année, 16 September - 31 October, no catalogue; exhibition copy. |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 134 p. 155, not repr. |
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 30/01/2026
