About the artwork

Extremely rare example of the artist working with card. Reminiscent of Paolozzi's suite of etchings ‘Cloud Atomic Laboratory’ 1971.

Year: c. 1970s

Unframed size: 17.5cm x 22cm x 4.5cm

Detailed Condition: Good - the background plate and acrylic box surrounding the artwork display scratch marks.

Provenance: Sold with a certificate of authenticity.

Delivery: Collect from the shop or contact Cal to arrange specialist art handlers

About the artist

Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 – 2005) was a prolific and inventive Scottish artist most known for his marriage of Surrealism's early principles with brave new elements of popular culture, modern machinery and technology. He was raised in the shadows of World War II in a family deeply affected by the divisive nature of a country involved in conflict, which birthed his lifelong exploration into the many ways humans are influenced by external, uncontrollable forces. This exploration would come to inform a vast and various body of work that vacillated between the darker and lighter consequences of society's advancements. His collages reflect the way contemporary culture and mass media influenced individual identity. Some of these, with their appropriation of American advertising's look and feel would inspire the future Pop art movement.