SIR EDUARDO PAOLOZZI, R.A. (1924-2005) - photo 1
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SIR EDUARDO PAOLOZZI, R.A. (1924-2005)

Lot 123
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ID 1051366
Lot 123 | SIR EDUARDO PAOLOZZI, R.A. (1924-2005)
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 25 000
SIR EDUARDO PAOLOZZI, R.A. (1924-2005)

Shattered Head

signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark '5⁄6 E. Paolozzi' (on the figure's back)

bronze with a gold patina

11 ¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high

Conceived in 1956 and cast by Susse Fondeur, Paris.





Provenance

Ayala Zacks, Toronto.

Acquired from the above by a private collector, Toronto, and by descent to the previous owner.

Anonymous sale; Waddington's, Toronto, 5 December 2016, lot 14, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Sculpture, London, Hanover Gallery, 1956, n.p., no. 46, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Paolozzi: Sculpture, London, Hanover Gallery, 1958, n.p., no. 36, another cast illustrated.

D. Kirkpatrick, Eduardo Paolozzi, London, 1970, p. 37, no. 26, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi, Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1974, p. 69, no. 8, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi, Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 1975, pp. 77, 133, no. 15, another cast illustrated.

R. Spencer, exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi: Recurring Themes, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1984, p. 22, no. A1.4, illustrated.

W. Konnertz, Eduardo Paolozzi, Cologne, 1984, pp. 86, 270, pl. 161, another cast illustrated.

B. Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, Salisbury, 1984, pp. 52-53, another cast illustrated.

R. Spencer (ed.), Eduardo Paolozzi: Writings and Interviews, Oxford, 2000, p. 148.

P. Selz and J-P. Stonard, exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi: Archaeology of a Used Future: Sculpture 1946-1959, London, Jonathan Clark Fine Art, 2011, pp. 50-51, no. 12, another cast illustrated.

S. Martin, exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi: Collaging Culture, Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, 2013, pp. 54-55, no. 43, pl. 53, another cast illustrated.

J. Collins and T. Treves, exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi: Hollow Gods, Sculpture and Collage 1946-1960, London, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, 2019, n.p., no. 9, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Hanover Gallery, Contemporary Sculpture, July - September 1956, no. 46, another cast exhibited.

London, Hanover Gallery, Paolozzi: Sculpture, November - December 1958, no. 36, another cast exhibited.

Wuppertal, Kunst- und Museumsverein Wuppertal, Sammlung Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, June 1964, no. 40, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; Frankfurt, Kunstverein; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, April - May 1965; and Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall.

Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Samlungen Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, December 1965, no. 40, another cast exhibited.

Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Sammlung Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, December 1967 - January 1968, no. 41, another cast exhibited.

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Eduardo Paolozzi, December 1974 - January 1975, no. 8, another cast exhibited.

Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Eduardo Paolozzi, February - April 1975, no. 15, another cast exhibited.

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Eduardo Paolozzi: Recurring Themes, August - October 1984, no. A1.3: this exhibition travelled to Munich, Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, November - December 1984; Cologne, Museum Ludwig, February - March 1985; and Breda, De Beyard Centrum Voor Beeldende Kunst, 1985.

London, Jonathan Clark Fine Art, Eduardo Paolozzi: Archaeology of a Used Future: Sculpture 1946-1959, November 2011, no. 12, another cast exhibited.

Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Eduardo Paolozzi: Collaging Culture, July - October 2013, no. 43, another cast exhibited.

London, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Eduardo Paolozzi: Hollow Gods, Sculpture and Collage 1946-1960, October - December 2019, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
Artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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