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Novero, 1979

GPO-0405

Group

Pencil and collage on graph paper

Nine framed parts 31.5 x 31.5 cm each, overall dimensions 31.5 x 297 cm

Signed, titled, and dated on the verso of the last sheet, centre: “Giulio Paolini / Novero / 1979”

Private collection, Turin

The nine elements aligned at short intervals to form a long horizontal sequence each propose, via two distinct progressions, the image of the components that follow or precede the element itself. The following elements are announced by way of white paper squares, applied on sheets of graph paper, while the ones "already seen" are recalled in pencil-drawn squares.
This the fifth variant in a theme that was begun in 1977 (GPO-0352, GPO-0353, GPO-0368, GPO-0369).

M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 405 p. 413, col. repr.
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 28/02/2025