Mask with Motor Car
Watercolour
1958 (painted)
1958 (painted)
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Eduardo Paolozzi (born in 1924) is one of the most distinguished sculptors of his generation. He has also worked in other media. In this picture he has combined two techniques: gouache and collage. Paolozzi has always been fascinated by the popular culture of advertisements found in newspapers and magazines of all kinds. He often re-presents them in the context of a work of art in the form of cut-out photographs. In Mask with Motor Car he deliberately reduces the human face to an unrecognisable form and has used a navigation chart as a support. This is one of several images of a similar kind created around 1957.
Object details
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| Title | Mask with Motor Car (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache and collage on paper (an unused shipping chart) |
| Brief description | Watercolour and collage entitled 'Mask with Motorcar' by Eduardo Paolozzi. Great Britain, 1958. |
| Physical description | Paolozzi has used a navigation chart as a support in this work. Its demand for information on situation (latitude and longitude), direction and speed and destination have been satisfied by the image. British School |
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| Summary | Eduardo Paolozzi (born in 1924) is one of the most distinguished sculptors of his generation. He has also worked in other media. In this picture he has combined two techniques: gouache and collage. Paolozzi has always been fascinated by the popular culture of advertisements found in newspapers and magazines of all kinds. He often re-presents them in the context of a work of art in the form of cut-out photographs. In Mask with Motor Car he deliberately reduces the human face to an unrecognisable form and has used a navigation chart as a support. This is one of several images of a similar kind created around 1957. |
| Bibliographic reference | 100 Great Paintings in The Victoria & Albert Museum. London: V&A, 1985, p.206 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.31-1977 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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