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Four Stills From the History of Nothing

Print
1962 (made)
Artist/Maker

Paolozzi is widely regarded as the creator of the first masterpiece in screenprint: As is When, made with the printer Chris Prater in 1965. He made many more brilliant images in the 1960s, a decade when printmaking became a primary artists' medium, thanks largely to the encouraging lead given by those artists who were making screenprints with Prater. He and other artists working in the 1960s used it as a primary artist's medium, raising its status to equal that of painting and sculpture.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFour Stills From the History of Nothing (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Eduardo Paolozzi 'Four Stills from the History of Nothing'. 1962. Silkscreen print. Printed at Kelpra Studios.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 535mm
  • Image height: 505mm
  • Sheet width: 390mm
  • Image width: 349mm
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
  • Four Stills From the History of Nothing (in pencil, bottom left, underneath the print)
  • Artists proof (in pencil, centre, underneath the print)
  • Eduardo Paolozzi 1962 (in pencil, on right, underneath the print)
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Subjects depicted
Summary
Paolozzi is widely regarded as the creator of the first masterpiece in screenprint: As is When, made with the printer Chris Prater in 1965. He made many more brilliant images in the 1960s, a decade when printmaking became a primary artists' medium, thanks largely to the encouraging lead given by those artists who were making screenprints with Prater. He and other artists working in the 1960s used it as a primary artist's medium, raising its status to equal that of painting and sculpture.
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1964
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.159-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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