Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (b. 1924)
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Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (b. 1924)

Relief

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Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (b. 1924)
Relief
signed, stamped with a foundry mark and dated 'E. Paolozzi 1975/H.NOACK/BERLIN' (lower centre)
bronze with a light brown patina
43 in. (109.3 cm.) wide
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The present panel is based on a section of the large Kreuzberg relief (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh), adopting a very similar visual language of shapes. Kreuzberg was preceded by the Cleish Castle ceiling panels of 1972-73, which have now been removed from the castle and installed in the Dean Gallery, Edinburgh.
In the early 1970s Paolozzi had discovered a German magazine illustration of 1927, showing organ music in the form of a patterned composition: this became the basis for his visual vocabulary.

We are very grateful to Fiona Pearson for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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