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an image of a black and white picture of a skull with paint splatters on itblack and white photograph of fireworks exploding in the sky with a picture of a bat
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1215 - Modern and Contemporary Art Contemporary Art Paolini, Giulio…
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Estimate €400 - €500
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Modern and Contemporary Art Contemporary Art Paolini, Giulio 2 works. Chiaroscuro. From: Sequences. 1998. Each a colour silkscreen and offset lithograph on Gohrsmühle Velin paper, printed on both sides and folded into passe-partouts. Each 50 x 40 cm. Each signed and numbered, and bearing the publisher’s stamp on the reverse. – Overall in very good condition. Magnificent, high-contrast prints without margins. One of 60 copies each. – Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. - In *Chiaroscuro* (‘Light and Dark’), Giulio Paolini juxtaposes two versions of the same image: a black spot on a white background, based on Picabia’s *La Sainte-Vierge* from 1920, and a white spot on a black background, based on a photograph of fireworks. The reversal is not merely formal, but programmatic: according to Paolini, each of his works revolves around a blind spot implicit in the image – a mirror that simultaneously reveals and conceals the appearance. The diptych format makes this principle of reflection and reversal the visible structure of the work itself. Each colour silkscreen print and offset lithograph on Gohrsmühle vellum, printed on both sides and folded as passe-partouts. Each signed and numbered, and bearing the publisher’s stamp on the reverse. – In very good condition overall. Magnificent, high-contrast prints. - One of 60 copies. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. - With Chiaroscuro (“light and dark”), Giulio Paolini juxtaposes two versions of the same image: a black spot on a white background, inspired by Picabia’s ‘La Sainte-Vierge’ from 1920, and a white spot on a black background, inspired by a photograph of fireworks. The reversal is not merely formal, but programmatic: according to Paolini, each of his works revolves around a blind spot implicit in the image – a mirror that simultaneously reveals and conceals the apparition. The diptych format makes this principle of reflection and reversal the visible structure of the work itself. *This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 07/11/2026 at 11:00 AM
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