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 - 6 also.
This is part 7 of a 7-part series on the works of Eduardo Paolozzi:
1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino:
1996 Josephine Baker:
1999-2000 London to Paris:
This is part 7 of a 7-part series on the works of Eduardo Paolozzi:
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| 1989 Head of Invention bronze 2m x 3m Butler's Wharf, Shad Thames, London |
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| 1989 Head of Invention bronze 2m x 3m Butler's Wharf, Shad Thames, London |
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| 1989 Head of Invention bronze 2m x 3m Butler's Wharf, Shad Thames, London |
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| 1989 Head of Invention bronze 2m x 3m Butler's Wharf, Shad Thames, London |
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| 1990 Daedalus bronze 157 cm high |
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| 1991 Daedalus on Wheels bronze 185 x 51 x 67 cm National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK |
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| 1992c Small Daedalus plaster and wood 51 x 20 x 18 cm Tate, London |
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| 1990c Untitled ( medium head 13 ) plaster 5.3 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm |
1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino:
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Ankle bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Ankle bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Big Foot bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Big Foot bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Big Foot bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Hand bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Hand bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Hand bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1991 The Manuscript of Monte Cassino aka Hand bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1993 Two Grasshoppers plaster 27 cm long |
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| 1993 Cicada plaster 8.4 x 5.5 x 16.4 cm Two Grasshoppers plaster 27 cm long Crocodile plaster 21.5 x 8.7 x 7 cm |
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| 1993 Crocodile gilt painted plaster 21.5 x 8.7 x 7 cm |
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| 1996 Rabbit 2 plaster 7.5 x 17 x 11 cm |
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| 1998 Cricket plaster 7.5 x 16.5 x 5 cm |
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| 1998 Krokadeel plaster 22 cm long |
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| 1998 Turtle plaster 4 x 10.5 x 8.5 cm |
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| 1993 The Wealth of Nations bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1993 The Wealth of Nations bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1993 The Wealth of Nations bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1993 The Wealth of Nations bronze Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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| 1994 Untitled ( Relief - Machine Part 1 ) coloured plaster 20 x 20 x 2 cm |
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| 1994 Untitled ( Relief - Machine Part 2 ) coloured plaster 23 x 13 x 2 cm |
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| 1996 John Smith, 1938 - 1994. Leader of the Labour Party bronze 37 cm high National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh, UK |
1996 Josephine Baker:
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| 1990s Head of Josephine Baker modelled clay 15 cm high |
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| 1990s Head of Josephine Baker modelled clay 15 cm high |
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| 1990s Josephine Baker bronze Selfridges Department Store, London |
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| 1990s Josephine Baker bronze Selfridges Department Store, London |
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| 1990s Josephine Baker bronze Selfridges Department Store, London |
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| 1990s Josephine Baker bronze Selfridges Department Store, London |
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| 1996 Head (after Josephine Baker) painted plaster 20 cm high |
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| 1997 Study for a Portrait of Josephine Baker plastolene and bronze with a brown patina 82.5 cm high |
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| 1997 A Maximis Ad Minima ( cast by students of the Royal College of Art ) bronze 132 x 250 x 122 cm Kew Gardens, London |
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| 1997 A Maximis Ad Minima ( cast by students of the Royal College of Art ) bronze 132 x 250 x 122 cm Kew Gardens, London |
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| 1997 A Maximis Ad Minima ( cast by students of the Royal College of Art ) bronze 132 x 250 x 122 cm Kew Gardens, London |
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| 1997 A Maximis Ad Minima ( cast by students of the Royal College of Art ) bronze 132 x 250 x 122 cm Kew Gardens, London |
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| 1997 Egeria ( part of Parthenope and Egeria ) bronze The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
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| 1997 Horse with Anatomy bronze 53.5 cm long |
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| 1997 Horse with Anatomy bronze ( detail ) |
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| 1997 Parthenope ( part of Parthenope and Egeria ) bronze The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
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| 1998-99 Vulcan welded steel 730 cm high National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK |
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| 2000 Michael Faraday bronze Birmingham University, UK |
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| 2000 Michael Faraday bronze Birmingham University, UK |
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| 2000 Michael Faraday bronze Birmingham University, UK |
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| 2000 Michael Faraday bronze Birmingham University, UK |
1999-2000 London to Paris:
Commissioned by the Cass Sculpture Foundation in 2000, London to Paris is one of the last large-scale sculptures Eduardo Paolozzi made before his death. The piece depicts a flat wagon – a device used to transport goods by rail – loaded with the dismembered hands, feet and head of a mechanistic figure, as well as a number of abstract and industrially shaped objects. The piece was inspired by Paolozzi’s childhood memories of the long train journey he took each year between the ages of nine and fifteen, from Scotland to Milan, changing in London and Paris.
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| 1999 London to Paris Maquette bronze 29.5 x 64.5 x 22 cm |
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| 2000 London to Paris Maquette bronze 16 x 49 x 10 cm |
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| 2000 London to Paris wood and bronze 260 x 762 x 210 cm |
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| 2000 London to Paris wood and bronze 260 x 762 x 210 cm |