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JAMES HYMAN GALLERY
Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005)
Please scroll down for further information. Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) Robot Signed and numbered on the base Paolozzi 3/6Stamped with the founders mark on the side of the base Susse Fond Paris Bronze with gold brown patina 1956 Literature: Twentieth-century British Art, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2001, (cat. 10), illustrated p.21. Exhibition History: Henry Moore and the Geometry of Fear, James Hyman Gallery, 19 November 2002 - 18 January 2003 Literature: W. Konnertz, Eduardo Paolozzi, Cologne, 1984 (illustrated, plate 167) P. Murray (ed.), Eduardo Paolozzi. A Birthday Celebration 1924-1994, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, 1994 (illustrated in the catalogue, plate 10) Inspired by Giacometti's weather-beaten figures, Dubuffet's art brut and the technology and detritus of the modern metropolis, Paolozzi's Robot encapsulates his vision of modern, urban man. Paolozzi Robot is modelled from a miscellany of machine parts, illustrating the type of materials that inspired the artist, and is an early example of a theme which would come to dominate his work. As Paolozzi explained in 1958: `A list of objects which are used in my work. a metamorphosis of rubbish - dismembered lock, toy frog, rubber dragon, toy camera, assorted wheels and electrical parts, clock parts, broken comb, bent fork, parts of a radio, old RAF bomb sight, gramophone parts, model automobiles, and various unidentified found object.' Eduardo Paolozzi, from a lecture at the ICA, , no.1, 1958 Above all what concerns Paolozzi is `the golden ability of the artist to achieve a metamorphosis of quite ordinary things into something wonderful and extraordinary that is neither nonsensical nor morally edifying.' Robot anticipates Paolozzi's major sculptures of the coming months including The Philosopher (1957) in the British Council Collection and Cyclops (1957) in the Tate Gallery. For details of our catalogue and exhibition of British Sculpture HENRY MOORE AND THE GEOMETRY OF FEAR please click here This item is sold. Please click here if you wish to buy or sell a work by this artist. | ||||||||
