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Due quadrati, 1977
GPO-0347
Two Squares
Coloured pencils on primed canvas
65 x 130 cm (two parts 65 x 65 cm each)
Annemarie and Gianfranco Verna Collection, Zurich
Two square canvases placed close together feature large squared lettering, outlined with coloured pencils, of the data that authenticates the work itself: “Giulio Paolini" (green), "Due quadrati" (gold), "1977" (blue).
The work is part of a group of works made between 1976 and 1977, many of which on paper, characterized by the systematic transcription of the anagraphic data of the work itself so as to generate a cryptographic modular design (GPO-0343, GPO-0347, GPO-0370, GPC-0445, GPC-0416, GPC-0418, GPC-0420, GPC-0423, GPC-0448).
| 1978 | Naples, Museo Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortes, Giulio Paolini, from 9 February, no catalogue. |
| 1997 | Zurich, Galerie Annemarie Verna, About context, 16 September - 23 November. |
| 2003 | Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Contemplazione: Italienische Kunst aus der Sammlung, 6 September - 23 November, no catalogue; exhibited starting from mid-October (in place of 2200/H, GPO-0078, on loan for the solo exhibition at Fondazione Prada in Milan). |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 347 p. 358, col. repr. |
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 28/02/2025
