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JAMES HYMAN GALLERY
Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005)
Please scroll down for further information. Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) Deadlier than the Male Signed and dated in ink top centre right of image Eduardo Paolozzi 1950; Original page title lower centre of image Collage with ink on indigo paper 26.2 x 20 cms (10¼ x 7¾ inches) 1950 Exhibitions: Eduardo Paolozzi. Artificial Horizons and Eccentric Ladders. Works on Paper 1946-1995, British Council, 1996, pp.16-17 (cat. 21, illustrated p.46). Literature: Judith Collins, Eduardo Paolozzi: works on paper 1946-1995, 1996, pp.17-18. For details of our catalogue and exhibition of British Sculpture HENRY MOORE AND THE GEOMETRY OF FEAR please click here In Paolozzi's early collages of film stars, as in de Kooning's concurrent collages and paintings of women, a gap is exposed between glamour and daily life in which ideal beauty is confronted with ugly reality. Both Paolozzi and de Kooning engage with ideals of womanhood and of female sexuality. In this collage from 1950 the face is a composite portrait assemble d from torn strips of photographs of different glamorous women to produce a generic portrait that denies individuation. The caption below it reinforces this. Giving the work its title it declares that the female of the species is Deadlier than the Male. This item is sold. Please click here if you wish to buy or sell a work by this artist. | ||||||||
