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We are very grateful to Robin Spencer for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Shattered Head
Details
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, R.A. (1924-2005)
Shattered Head
signed and numbered '2/6 E. Paolozzi' (on the reverse), stamped 'SUSSE FONDEUR' (on the back of the shoulder)
bronze with a gold and brown patina
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.), excluding slate base
Conceived in 1956.
Shattered Head
signed and numbered '2/6 E. Paolozzi' (on the reverse), stamped 'SUSSE FONDEUR' (on the back of the shoulder)
bronze with a gold and brown patina
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.), excluding slate base
Conceived in 1956.
Literature
D. Kirkpatrick, Eduardo Paolozzi, London, 1970, p. 35, pl. 26, another cast illustrated.
W. Konnertz, Eduardo Paolozzi, Cologne, 1984, pp. 82-85, 87, 270, pl. 161, another cast illustrated.
B. Robertson, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture, Salisbury, 1984, p. 52, another cast illustrated.
R. Spencer, exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi: Recurring Themes, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1984, p. 22, no. A1.4, another cast illustrated.
W. Konnertz, Eduardo Paolozzi, Cologne, 1984, pp. 82-85, 87, 270, pl. 161, another cast illustrated.
B. Robertson, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture, Salisbury, 1984, p. 52, another cast illustrated.
R. Spencer, exhibition catalogue, Eduardo Paolozzi: Recurring Themes, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1984, p. 22, no. A1.4, another cast illustrated.
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Provenance
Sir Edward and Lady Hulton.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Ausstellung Sammlung Hulton, April - May 1965, no. 40: this exhibition travelled to Munich, Stadt Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus; and Dortmund, Museum om Ostwall.
Provenance
Sir Edward and Lady Hulton.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Ausstellung Sammlung Hulton, April - May 1965, no. 40: this exhibition travelled to Munich, Stadt Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus; and Dortmund, Museum om Ostwall.
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