L’Arte della Magia, 2026
GPC-2647
The Art of Magic
Pencil and collage on paper
66 x 50 cm
Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “ “L’Arte della Magia” / Giulio Paolini / 2026”
Collection of the artist
• Winged figure: Henri Rousseau, La liberté invitant les artistes à prendre part à la 22ème exposition des artistes indépendants, 1906, oil on canvas, 175 x 118 cm, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; reproduction from L’opera completa di Rousseau il Doganiere. Classici dell’arte 29 (Milan: Rizzoli, 1978), plate XXXIII.
• Male figure from Alexander Adrion, L’arte della magia (Milan: Mazzotta, 1979), p. 105 (“Il bambino appeso per un capello”).