Richard Rogers (unsmiling)

Details

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi R.A. (1924-2005)
Richard Rogers (unsmiling)
plaster
18 in. (45 cm.) high

Provenance

This lot was gifted to the present owner by the artist.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

This maquette of Richard Rogers is related to a commission which Sir Eduardo Paolozzi undertook for the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1988. The bronze portrait of Richard Rogers, smiling and unsmiling, now forms part of the Portrait Gallery's permanent collection. Rogers is a world renowned British architect, whose work includes the Pompidou Centre, Paris, The European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg and the O2, London. He is a winner of the RIBA Gold Medal, the RIBA Stirling Prize and the Pritzker Prize.

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