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Orfeo cantore stanco (G. d. C.), 2019

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Archive number

GPC-2079

English title

The Cantor Orpheus is Tired (G. d. C.)

Technique

Pencil and collage on paper

Dimensions

60 x 90 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “ “Orfeo cantore stanco / (G. d. C.)” / Giulio Paolini / 2019”

Collection

Private collection

Sources

• Figure on the left: Lionello Balestrieri, Beethoven, 1900, oil on canvas, 202 x 420 cm, Museo Revoltella, Trieste.
• Figure on the right: Giorgio de Chirico, Orfeo trovatore stanco, 1970, oil on canvas, 149 x 147 cm, Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome.

Exhibitions

2021	Naples, Alfonso Artiaco, Giulio Paolini. Fuori quadro, 8 March - 1 June.

Bibliography

•	L. Canova, “Negli abissi del tempo. Giulio Paolini e Giorgio de Chirico”, in Metafisica. Quaderni della Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico 22-23 (Imola: Maretti Editore), 2023, pp. 127-128, col. repr. no. 20 p. 129.

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 07/08/2026