Il rosso e il nero, 2015

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Archive number

GPC-1480

English title

The Red and the Black

Technique

Pencil, red ink, reproduction on tracing paper and collage on paper

Dimensions

Three parts 38.7 x 57.8 cm each, overall dimensions 38.7 x 179.4 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Titled, signed, and dated on the verso of the third element, centre: “ “Il rosso e il nero” / Giulio Paolini / 2015”

Collection

Kunst Museum, Winterthur

Acquisitions and loans

Gift of the artist, 2017, inventory no. 2017.25.a-c

Display

The three elements must be lined up in a horizontal row and placed about 3 cm apart.

Sources

• First element, figure in the foreground: portrait of Giulio Paolini taken by Salvatore Mazza, 1993.
• Title from Stendhal, Le rouge et le noir, 1830.

Bibliography

•	Kunst / Arbeit / Dieter Schwarz im Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur (Berne-Vienna: Piet Meyer Verlag, 2017), col. repr. p. 49.

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 07/08/2026