Lot 172
EDUARDO PAOLOZZI FOR WEDGWOOD
A GROUP OF FOUR PROTOTYPE PLATES
Auction: 14 November 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
each decorated with abstract designs, two printed in gilt on a white ground, one printed in gilt and magenta on an orange ground; one printed in gilt on a striped polychrome ground, each signed by the artist in chinograph verso (4)
Dimensions
26cm diameter
Footnote
Note: These unique plates were prototypes to the final series produced by Wedgwood in the late 1960s on at the instigation of Lord Queensberry, professor of ceramics at the Royal College of Art at the time. The designs are derived from one of Paolozzis screen prints and a series of prototype options were produced from which 6 production pieces were selected. The plates offered here are one-off trial prototypes and the fact that not all of them were included in the final series makes them unique.
Literature; Brian Cour, Design Magazine, 1969