British Library, Newton (After Blake)

Details

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (1924-2005)
British Library, Newton (After Blake)
with studio stamp (on the reverse)
plaster
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

This uneditioned plaster relief commemorates the unveiling by Cherie Booth QC of Paolozzi's 'Newton' in the forecourt of the new British Library on 10th September 1997.

We are very grateful to Robin Spencer, author of the forthcoming Paolozzi Catalogue Raisonné, for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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