Antologia (26/1/1974), 1974
GPO-0262
Anthology (26/1/1974)
Invitation cards fixed between two canvases mounted one on top of the other
140 x 200 cm
Signed, titled, and dated on the verso, upper stretcher bar: “Giulio Paolini / Antologia (26/1/1974)”
Prada Collection, Milan
Two canvases of the exact same size mounted one on top of the other hold down an "anthology" of works: the invitations held between the two canvases and in the stretcher of the front canvas, as though they were "souvenirs", recall the works of other artists presented at the Galleria Lucio Amelio. The date cited in the title is that of the opening day of Paolini’s solo exhibition for which the work was made.
The same theme was developed in two other variants from the same year (GPO-0259, GPO-0263), along with which it is part of a series of eleven works with the same title (at times followed by a different date), made between 1973 and 1974 (GPO-0258, GPO-0259, GPO-0260, GPO-0262, GPO-0263, from GPO-0267 to GPO-0270, GPO-0273, GPO-0274).
| 1974 | Naples, Modern Art Agency, Giulio Paolini. Idem (III), from 26 January. |
| 1990 | Turin, Galleria In Arco, Arte Povera, 14 May - 15 September, cat. no. 30, repr. n. pag. |
| 1994 | Yokohama, Nicaf 3, Italiana. From Arte Povera to Transavanguardia, 18-22 March, not repr. |
| 2015-16 | Milan, Fondazione Prada, Recto Verso, 3 December 2015 - 14 February 2016, col. repr. pp. 7 (verso), 8 (recto, caption no. 13 p. 11), col. repr. 28, 29 (exhibition views). |
| 2022-23 | Paris, Jeu de Paume and LE BAL, Renverser ses yeux. Autour de l’arte povera 1960-1975: photographie, film, vidéo, 11 October 2022 - 29 January 2023, cited in the checklist of exhibited works p. 396, col. repr. p. 226; in the booklet published on the occasion of the exhibition in Milan: col. repr. p. 30 (exhibition view). |
| • | F. Poli, Giulio Paolini (Turin: Lindau, 1990), repr. no. 23. |
| • | Giulio Paolini. Von heute bis gestern / Da oggi a ieri, exhibition catalogue, Graz, Neue Galerie im Landesmuseum Joanneum (Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz Verlag, 1998), repr. p. 20. |
| • | G. Crepaldi, XX secolo. Pittura (Milan: Electa, 2001), p. 283, col. repr. |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 262 p. 273, col. repr. |
| • | E. Volpato, “Iconografie della malinconia”, in Collezioni. Volume terzo: Allestimento 2011-2013, edited by D. Eccher (Turin: GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and Umberto Allemandi & C., 2012), p. 211, repr. p. 210. |
