Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
Plinth
1995 (Made)
1995 (Made)
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This is a plaster maquette for A.29/30-2000, a statuette that represents Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, D.B.E. (b. 1938) who was the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1988-1995. Elizabeth Esteve-Coll was appointed Keeper and Chief Librarian of the National Art Library from 1985, and was Director of the Museum from 1988 to 1995.
The Museum also has a maquette of the head and torso of this figure in plaster on a wooden base (Mus. no. A.2-2001) and a plaster maquette of the head (A.3-2001). A plaster maquette for the complete figure is also in the collection (Mus. no. A.5-2001).
Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a British sculptor, collagist, printmaker, film maker and writer. Born of Italian parents, he attended Edinburgh College of Art in 1943. After a brief military service, in 1944 he attended St Martin’s School of Art in London, and from 1945 to 1947 he studied sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1947 he moved to Paris. He remained there until 1949, meeting artists such as Arp, Braque, Brancusi, Giacometti, Jean Hélion, Léger and Tristan Tzara. He was attracted to Surrealist art and ideas and was also impressed by the art brut of Dubuffet. From 1949 to 1955 Paolozzi taught at the Central School of Art and Design in London. During the 1970s Paolozzi experimented with wood in a number of abstract relief works using an intricate network of geometric and biomorphic elements.
The Museum also has a maquette of the head and torso of this figure in plaster on a wooden base (Mus. no. A.2-2001) and a plaster maquette of the head (A.3-2001). A plaster maquette for the complete figure is also in the collection (Mus. no. A.5-2001).
Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a British sculptor, collagist, printmaker, film maker and writer. Born of Italian parents, he attended Edinburgh College of Art in 1943. After a brief military service, in 1944 he attended St Martin’s School of Art in London, and from 1945 to 1947 he studied sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1947 he moved to Paris. He remained there until 1949, meeting artists such as Arp, Braque, Brancusi, Giacometti, Jean Hélion, Léger and Tristan Tzara. He was attracted to Surrealist art and ideas and was also impressed by the art brut of Dubuffet. From 1949 to 1955 Paolozzi taught at the Central School of Art and Design in London. During the 1970s Paolozzi experimented with wood in a number of abstract relief works using an intricate network of geometric and biomorphic elements.
Object details
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Title | Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Plaster |
Brief description | Plinth, plaster maquette for base for bronze statuettes of Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll (A.29/30-2000), by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Britain, 1995, decorated with two relief scenes including The Deposition from the Cross. Inscribed 'TIME AND PRESENT AND TIME PAST' |
Physical description | Plaster maquette for base for A.29/30-2000 |
Object history | Purchased from the artist, together with A.2,3,4,5,7,8-2001 and A.29/30-2000. |
Subject depicted | |
Summary | This is a plaster maquette for A.29/30-2000, a statuette that represents Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, D.B.E. (b. 1938) who was the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1988-1995. Elizabeth Esteve-Coll was appointed Keeper and Chief Librarian of the National Art Library from 1985, and was Director of the Museum from 1988 to 1995. The Museum also has a maquette of the head and torso of this figure in plaster on a wooden base (Mus. no. A.2-2001) and a plaster maquette of the head (A.3-2001). A plaster maquette for the complete figure is also in the collection (Mus. no. A.5-2001). Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a British sculptor, collagist, printmaker, film maker and writer. Born of Italian parents, he attended Edinburgh College of Art in 1943. After a brief military service, in 1944 he attended St Martin’s School of Art in London, and from 1945 to 1947 he studied sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1947 he moved to Paris. He remained there until 1949, meeting artists such as Arp, Braque, Brancusi, Giacometti, Jean Hélion, Léger and Tristan Tzara. He was attracted to Surrealist art and ideas and was also impressed by the art brut of Dubuffet. From 1949 to 1955 Paolozzi taught at the Central School of Art and Design in London. During the 1970s Paolozzi experimented with wood in a number of abstract relief works using an intricate network of geometric and biomorphic elements. |
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Accession number | A.6-2001 |
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Record created | July 12, 2001 |
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