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Will Man Outgrow the Earth

Collage
1952 (made), 1972 (published)
Artist/Maker
Paolozzi, Eduardo (Sir) (maker)

Collage

Object details

Categories
Prints
Scotland
Object type
Collage
Titles
  • Will Man Outgrow the Earth (assigned by artist)
  • Bunk (series title)
Materials and techniques
Collage
Collage
Brief description
Collage by Eduardo Paolozzi: 'Will Man Outgrow the Earth', 1952, published 1972 Great Britain
Physical description
Collage
Production typeUnique
Gallery label
COLLAGE: WILL MAN OUTGROW THE EARTH
By Eduardo Paolozzi (British, born 1924) British. 1952
Collage
Given by the artist
Circ.715-1971

This is one of a group of collages, shown at a lecture
given by Paolozzi to the newly formed Independent
Group at the ICA in 1952, based on sheets from
American .magazines of the 1940s and 1950s. The
lecture suggested a source of subject matter which had
been ignored by fine artists hitherto. The collages were
published in 1972 as a portfolio of prints entitled 'Bunk.
Object history
One of 11 collages from a set of 46 (numbered 1-15) reproduced as the portfolio of prints entitled 'Bunk', published in 1972. Most based on complete sheets from magazines of the 1940s and 1950s.
A copy of the portfolio 'Bunk' is in the department (Circ.517-561-1972). The source material, including these collages, was shown at a lecture given by Paolozzi to the newly formed Independent Group at the I.C.A. in 1952 and as such was seminal in the history of Pop Art.
Subjects depicted
Spacecraft
Planets
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Crowley, David and Jane Pavitt, Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970, London: V&A Publishing, 2008.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.715-1971

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Record createdOctober 10, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O139901/will-man-outgrow-the-earth-collage-paolozzi-eduardo-sir/
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