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Studio per “Contemplator enim”, 1991
GPC-0973
Study for “Contemplator enim”
Pencil, black ink, red ink and collage on paper
31.5 x 46.5 cm
Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “Studio per / “Contemplator enim” / Giulio Paolini / 1991”
GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin
Gift of the artist, 2020
Title from Lucrezio, De rerum natura, Book II, lines 114-115 (“Contemplator enim, cum solis lumina cumque inserti fundunt radii per opaca domorum” / “Behold whenever the sun’s light and the rays, let in, pour down across dark halls of houses”).
| • | Metafore. Gianni Kounellis e Giulio Paolini, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Galleria dell’Oca, 1991, repr. n. pag. |
| • | M. Disch, “Giulio Paolini. Hors-d'œuvre”, in Giulio Paolini. La voce del pittore. Scritti e interviste 1965-1995, edited by Id. (Lugano: ADV Publishing House, 1995), repr. no. 21. |
| • | Collezioni. Volume quarto: Allestimento 2013-2014, edited by D. Eccher (Turin: GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and Umberto Allemandi & C., 2015), col. repr. p. 35. |
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 22/07/2026
