About the artwork

Signed original Artist’s Proof screenprint, from the Moonstrips Empire News Suite, Volume I. Printed by Kelpra Studio and published by Editions Alecto in an edition of 500, this is a very rare Artist’s Proof of a piece by Paolozzi that is in the British Council collection.

Year: 1967

Unframed size: 76.2 cm x 55.88 cm

Framed size: 72.5cm x 58cm x 4.5cm

Detailed Condition: Excellent condition

Signature: Artist’s proof signed in pencil

Framing: Museum-grade walnut frame, 99% UV-resistant glass to help protect the colours and the paper

Mounting: Conservation-mounted using acid-free Japanese wheat-starch paste and Japanese paper

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 and its so-called progress. 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.