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| Eduardo Paolozzi and Freda Elliot with Eduardo's mother on their wedding day |
Of Italian descent, Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was born in Leith near Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied in Edinburgh and London and spent two years in Paris from 1947, where he produced enigmatic, bronze sculptures reminiscent of those by Giacometti. During the same period he made a series of dada and surrealist-inspired collages in which magazine advertisements, cartoons and machine parts are combined, thus anticipating the concerns of Pop Art. Alongside teaching at various art schools he developed his printmaking and sculpture. Paolozzi was particularly interested in the mass media and in science and technology.
For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works, see parts 1 -3 also.
This is part 4 of a 7-part series on the works of Eduardo Paolozzi:
This is part 4 of a 7-part series on the works of Eduardo Paolozzi:
1970 The Conditional Probability Machine
A Portfolio of 25 etchings, printed and published by Editions Alecto, London.
This portfolio was the first for which Paolozzi used photogravure. The source material, drawn from his own stocks of magazines and science journals, was photographed and transferred to etching plates. The set is divided into four sections of six prints each: ‘Secrets of Life - The Human Machine and How it Works’, ‘Manikins for Destruction’, ‘Pages from the Aerospace Medical Library’, and ‘From Genot to Unimate’. The first section (titled from a book Paolozzi was given in Paris in 1948) deals with the human body and methods of explaining its functions. ‘Manikins for Destruction’ deals with traffic accident simulations, and ‘Pages from the Aerospace Medical Library’ with aerospace experiments. The last section presents robots, real or as toys and humanoid or purely mechanical.
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| The Conditional Probability Machine. 58 x 39.5 cm |
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| Conception Through Impression from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 19.2 x 30.5 cm ( plate ) Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| Untitled ( Broken Open Dummy Skeleton ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 19.5 x 14.4 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Bird from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 20.2 x 13.8 cm (plate ) Tate, London |
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| Hazardous Journey from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 13.3 x 14.2 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Reproduction from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 10.1 x 13.8 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| The Moment of Conception from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 20 x 28.4 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Inside the Brain from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 20.6 x 14 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( M.I.R.A. pair ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 32.4 x 20 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Monkey No.9 ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 13.1 x 19.4 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( U 14322 ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 14.8 x 18.9 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( School Bus ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 25.5 x 17.4 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| 12 Untitled ( VW Dummy ) fromThe Conditional Probability Machine. etching 20.8 x 15.8 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Baboon on Sled ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 15.3 x 14.3 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Electrodes, Etc. Arm Support, Etc. from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 29.2 x 12.1 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Geometry Relations in Electron Irradiation of a Mouse from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 37.6 x 15.7 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Decompression Pair ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 13.2 x 20.7 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Tape Dummy ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 11.3 x 12.1 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Carpenter from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 19.8 x 12.6 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Sim One from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 16.2 x 19.4 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Genot from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 15 x 17.1 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Walking Machine ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 22.7 x 18.9 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Parade Robot ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 15.2 x 14.2 cm Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Unimate and Egg ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 23.4 x 19.1 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Untitled ( Robot Commando and Boy ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 7.7 x 6.7 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
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| Cancelled proof for Untitled ( Walking Machine ) from The Conditional Probability Machine. etching 22.6 x 18.9 cm ( plate ) Tate, London |
1971 Cloud Atomic Laboratory:
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| 1971 A. Top: Garco Robot Nailing a Wooden Box. Bottom: Little Boy on his Bed in his Room. etching on paper 35.3 x 24.5 cm Tate, London |
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| 1971 B. Left: Skull of Test Dummy. Right: Proton-Synchron Electrophysical Laboratory: Vacuum Pumps to the Electromagnet. etching on paper 26.9 x 52.7 cm Tate, London |
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| 1971 C. Left: Le Robot ‘Robert’ Voulait Aller à New York Mais le Passager est Trop Lourd: TWA Plane - Steps - Cap 14 Persons with Two Stewardesses. Right: Wonder Toy, Robert the Robot etching on paper 24.5 x 35.5 cm Tate, London |
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| 1971 C. Wonder Toy: Robert the Robot ink and gouache on photograph 38 x 30.5 cm The original artwork for the right-hand image in Print C. Tate, London |
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| 1971 D. Top: Culture: Monkeys May be the Next Space Travellers on US Made Satellites. Bottom: X-15’s Maiden Flight. etching on paper 38.6 x 19 cm Tate, London |
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| 1971 E. Left: Pubic Torso on Lorry in Manhattan Street for ‘Bonds Clothes for Men’. Right: Varga - Billboard - Girl. etching on paper 22.7 x 48 cm Tate, London |
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| 1971 F. Top: Chimpanzee in a Test Box Designed for Space Flight. Bottom: Mobot Mark I. etching on paper 35.5 x 24.3 cm Tate, London |
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| 1971 G. Space Age Archaeology. Left: Fathers. Right: Sons etching on paper 24.4 x 42.2 cm Tate, London |
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| 1971 H. Left: Television Series ‘Lost in Space’: Robot as in ‘Forbidden Planet.’ Right: Soviet Dog and Man Exit from Space Chamber etching on paper 27 x 38.1 cm Tate, London |
1972 Bunk:
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| 1972 1. Evadne in Green Dimension screenprint and lithograph on paper 30.1 x 21.3 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 2. Will Man Outgrow the Earth ? screenprint and lithograph on paper 32.1 x 24.2 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 3. Fun Helped Them Fight screenprint and lithograph on paper 37.1 x 25.8 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 4. The Ultimate Planet screenprint and lithograph on paper 25.3 x 38.4 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 5. See Mom? A Baby’s Life is not all Sunshine screenprint and lithograph on paper 38.9 x 28.3 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 6. Sack-O-Sauce screenprint and lithograph on paper 36.2 x 26.7 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 7. Take-off screenprint and lithograph on paper 33.7 x 24.2 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 8a. Hazards include Dust, Hailstones and Bullets. 8b. Survival screenprint and lithograph on paper 26.1 x 40.8 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 9. Was this Metal Monster Master or Slave? screenprint on paper 36.1 x 24.3 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 10. Meet the People screenprint and lithograph on paper 34.7 x 26.1 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 11. Improved Beans screenprint and lithograph on paper 26.4 x 37.3 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 12. Refreshing and Delicious screenprint and lithograph on paper 37.8 x 28.1 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 13. You’ll Soon be Congratulating Yourself! screenprint and lithograph on paper 35.3 x 25.9 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 14. Goering with Wings screenprint and lithograph on paper 33.7 x 26.3 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 15. Real Gold screenprint and collage on paper 31.9 x 24.3 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 16. Fantastic Weapons Contrived screenprint and lithograph on paper 34.7 x 25.9 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 17. Has Jazz a Future? screenprint and lithograph on paper 26.2 x 38.5 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 18. Vogue Gorilla with Miss Harper screenprint and lithograph on paper 31.5 x 23.9 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 19. Electric Arms and Hands also Showing Love is Better than Ever screenprint and lithograph on paper 33.3 x 23.2 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 20. It’s Daring it’s Audacious screenprint and lithograph on paper 32 x 24.5 cm Tate, London |
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| 1972 21a. North Dakota’s Lone Sky Scraper screenprint and lithograph on paper 40.6 x 28.1 cm Tate, London |
Note: "Bunk" series continues in part 5.