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SIR EDUARDO PAOLOZZI, R.A. (1924-2005)
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signed and dated 'Eduardo Paolozzi 1953' (lower centre)
ink and gouache on paper
12 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (32.7 x 27 cm.)
Executed in 1953.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Cecil Elsom, C.B.E.
Gifted from the above to the present owner.

Literature

R. Spencer, exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi: Recurring Themes, Edinburgh, Scottish Royal Academy, 1984, p. 40, no. A2.27, illustrated.

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Scottish Royal Academy, Eduardo Paolozzi: Recurring Themes, August - September 1984, no. A2.27: this exhibition travelled to Munich, Stadtische Galerie, 1984; Cologne, Museum Ludwig, 1985; and Breda, De Beyard Centrum Voor Beeldende Kunst, 1985.

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.

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Lot Essay

Cecil Elsom, C.B.E (1912-2006) was 21 and just qualified when he started his first architectural practice. In 1947 he founded the London-based architectural practice EPR Architects with William Pack and Alan Roberts. According to Elsom’s obituary in The Times, ‘he was an architect who appreciated classical design and restoration but also provided London with admirable postwar buildings’ (The Times, 27 April 2006). Elsom was great friends with Paolozzi, having first met him when he asked the artist to design the wallpaper for a project at Kent House, London. Elsom put together a significant collection of works by Paolozzi and commissioned several works directly from him.

We are very grateful to Dr Judith Collins for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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