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Automobile Head

Print
1958 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Paolozzi (artist)
Place of origin
UK (printed)

Abstract head comprising of a range of machine parts. Screenprint printed from a screen soaked with turpentine.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleAutomobile Head (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint printed from a screen soaked with turpentine.
Ink
Paper
Turpentine
Screenprint
Brief description
'Automobile Head', screenprint with screen soaked in turpentine by Eduardo Paolozzi, 1958.
Physical description
Abstract head comprising of a range of machine parts. Screenprint printed from a screen soaked with turpentine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 43.8cm
  • Width: 24.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. Paolozzi 1958' (Handwritten in ink, below the print.)
  • 'Eduardo Paolozzi 1954' (Printed within the image.)
Production
Paolozzi made an impression from a screen bearing this image in 1954 with the date as part of the print, but he subsequently reprinted it adding the pink wash in 1957, hence the two dates on this impression; a third version was produced in 1958 for which he soaked screen with turpentine, causing the image to blur.
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1959
  • Kirkpatrick, Diane, Eduardo Paolozzi, 1970. p.29, illus.
  • Miles, Rosemary, The complete prints of Eduardo Paolozzi, V.A.M., 1977 pp15-16, illus.
  • Berlin, Kupferstich Kabinett Eduardo Paolozzi, 1975
  • Arts Council, Great Britain Eduaro Paolozzi, 1976
  • V.A.M The Complete Prints of Eduaro Paolozzi, 1977
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.231-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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