Lot 117
EDUARDO PAOLOZZI K.B.E., R.A., H.R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1924-2005) §
SKETCH WITH GREEN ELEMENTS
Auction: 16 June 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
Pencil and coloured pencil, and another drawing by the same hand, unframed
Dimensions
27.5cm x 18cm (10.75in x 7in)
Footnote
Biography: Among the chief players of the 1960s Pop Art movement in Britain was the young Scots Italian artist, Eduardo Paolozzi. His unique brand of sculpture, collage and printmaking derived its ingredients from the art inspired by Surrealism and fuelled by American popular culture and found objects which he had created in Paris in the years immediately after the Second World War.
Paolozzi's work over the coming half century until his death in 2005 would build on this theme with increasing ingenuity. Using industrial engineering and a diverse array of materials, he managed to create some of the most memorable and highly collectable works of 20th century British art, particularly in print and relief sculpture.
