Lot 212
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Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (1924-2005)
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Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (1924-2005)

Mechanical Fantasy

Details
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (1924-2005)
Mechanical Fantasy
signed, inscribed and dated 'Eduardo/Paolozzi/1960/to/Robert/Fiorini' (lower centre)
ink, oil and collage
19 x 28 in. (48.2 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
Robert Fiorini
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Lot Essay

The present work was executed in 1960 while Paolozzi spent two years at the Hamburg Hochschule für bildende Künste, to explore the shipbreakers yards. There he found a rich new vocabulary of mechanical, prefabricated shapes. Married with the artist's affection and magnetism towards the life and work of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Paolozzi formulates a hard edged abstract design with mechanistic elements.

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