Giulio Paolini (Italian, b. 1940) Eclipse (Painted by George Stubbs)

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Giulio Paolini (Italian, b. 1940)

Eclipse (Painted by George Stubbs)
Unsigned, edition of 6, 1986 (as confirmed by the Fondazione Giulio e Anna Paolini).
Framed photostatic reproduction, fractured plaster cast, and Plexiglas sheet on a white wooden plinth (plinth not pictured),overall size 119 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (304.0 x 60.0 x 60.0 cm).
Condition: Staining to the reverse of the photostatic reproduction, minor scuffs and stains to plaster.

Provenance: Marian Goodman Gallery, New York; estate of Richard E. Anderson, New York, New York/Redding, Connecticut.

Literature: Maddalena Disch, Giulio Paolini: Catalogo Ragionato 1960–1999 (Milan: Skira Editore, 2008),vol. 2, pp. 997–98, cat. no. 576.

N.B. The framed image is a reproduction of a lithographic print of a painting by George Stubbs, Eclipse at Newmarket, with a Groom and a Jockey (1770). Behind the print lie the fragments of a plaster cast of the sculpture of a horse (a reproduction of Cavallino arabo (1819) by Gaetano Monti).
Estimate $7,000-9,000

There are 46 individual pieces of plaster, of varying size. The largest piece measures 9 1/2 x 5 in., the smallest measures 1/2 x 1/2 in. The horse's head measures 8 x 8 in.

The photostatic reproduction measures 14 x 17 3/4 in. (including frame).

The sheet of glass measures 24 x 24 in.

Please note that the white wooden plinth will not be included with the lot; however, the Fondazione Giulio e Anna Paolini requires the work be publicly exhibited with a white plinth measuring 80 (h) x 60 x 60 cm.


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