Le quattro parti del mondo, 1969
GPO-0165
The Four Parts of the World
Photo emulsion on canvas, primed canvases
Sixteen parts 25 x 20 cm each, overall dimensions 100 x 80 cm
Dated on the verso of the sixth canvas, upper stretcher bar, centre: “1969”
Luigi and Peppino Agrati Collection – Intesa Sanpaolo
Gift of Luigi and Peppino Agrati, 2018
Four photographic canvases, framed by twelve primed canvases reproduce the cut-out image of the sculptural group by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux entitled Les quatres parties du monde soutenant la sphère céleste (ca. 1872), so that the middle of the painting literally divides into four parts the globe held by the allegorical figures.
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Les quatres parties du monde soutenant la sphère céleste, c. 1872, rubber-lacquered plaster, 280 x 177 x 145 cm, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
| 1969 | Venice, Galleria del Leone, Giulio Paolini, from 3 September. |
| • | G. Celant, Un folle amore. La Collezione Luigi e Peppino Agrati (Milan: Skira editore, 2002), repr. p. 404, entry p. 404 cat. no. 394 (with unknown title and incorrectly dated "1967"). |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 165 p. 185, repr. |
| • | L’arte moderna in Intesa Sanpaolo. La collezione Luigi e Peppino Agrati, edited by C. Pirovano and F. Tedeschi (Milan: Electa, 2012), cat. no. 368 p. 303 entry by K. McManus, col. repr. p. 302 (erroneously dated “1967”). |
