Eduardo Paolozzi
Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005), born in Leith, Edinburgh, lived and worked in London and Paris. A pioneering figure of British Pop Art, he developed a distinctive practice rooted in collage, sculpture and printmaking. Drawing on comic strips, advertising, machine parts and other fragments of popular and industrial culture, Paolozzi combined seemingly unrelated images and objects to explore the visual world of modern technology and mass media.
Although closely associated with the emergence of Pop Art in Britain, Paolozzi considered himself a Surrealist, and his work remained deeply influenced by Dada and Surrealism. His early collages anticipated the visual language of Pop Art, while his later sculptures and prints continued to transform everyday imagery, industrial forms and mechanical processes into complex, often playful compositions.
Eduardo Paolozzi Editions
Eduardo Paolozzi
From Moonstrips Empire News
1967
Set of eight colour screenprints, approx. 38 × 25 cm each. From the edition of 500, signed.
Eduardo Paolozzi’s Moonstrips Empire News (1967) brings together a diverse array of images drawn from popular culture, advertising, technology, comics and everyday life. Across the prints, photographic imagery, geometric patterns, mechanical forms and vivid colours are combined in constantly shifting compositions, ranging from figurative images to almost entirely abstract arrangements.
The portfolio exemplifies Paolozzi’s fascination with the visual language of mass media and the possibilities of juxtaposing seemingly unrelated images. The individual prints can be arranged in different sequences, allowing new relationships and associations to emerge between them. Moonstrips Empire News is a landmark work of British Pop Art, while its use of found imagery, repetition and fragmentation also reflects Paolozzi’s continuing engagement with Dada and Surrealism. The portfolio is part of the collections of Tate, London, and MoMA, New York.
EUR 4,500
Eduardo Paolozzi
From Moonstrips Empire News
1967
Set of eight colour screenprints, approx. 38 × 25 cm each. From the edition of 500, signed and numbered recto.
The complete Moonstrips Empire News portfolio comprises 100 screenprints, of which only these eight motifs are signed and numbered.
Eduardo Paolozzi’s Moonstrips Empire News (1967) brings together a diverse array of images drawn from popular culture, advertising, technology, comics and everyday life. Across the prints, photographic imagery, geometric patterns, mechanical forms and vivid colours are combined in constantly shifting compositions, ranging from figurative images to almost entirely abstract arrangements.
The portfolio exemplifies Paolozzi’s fascination with the visual language of mass media and the possibilities of juxtaposing seemingly unrelated images. The individual prints can be arranged in different sequences, allowing new relationships and associations to emerge between them. Moonstrips Empire News is a landmark work of British Pop Art, while its use of found imagery, repetition and fragmentation also reflects Paolozzi’s continuing engagement with Dada and Surrealism. The portfolio is part of the collections of Tate, London, and MoMA, New York.
EUR 8,500
Eduardo Paolozzi
From Moonstrips Empire News
1967
Set of eight colour screenprints and lithographs, approx. 38 × 25 cm each. Some signed and numbered recto, some signed verso.
The complete portfolios Moonstrips Empire News I and II comprise 100 and 50 motifs, respectively. The portfolios were published in editions of 500 and 350 (70 per color variation), respectively.
Eduardo Paolozzi’s Moonstrips Empire News (1967) brings together a diverse array of images drawn from popular culture, advertising, technology, comics and everyday life. Across the prints, photographic imagery, geometric patterns, mechanical forms and vivid colours are combined in constantly shifting compositions, ranging from figurative images to almost entirely abstract arrangements.
The portfolio exemplifies Paolozzi’s fascination with the visual language of mass media and the possibilities of juxtaposing seemingly unrelated images. The individual prints can be arranged in different sequences, allowing new relationships and associations to emerge between them. Moonstrips Empire News is a landmark work of British Pop Art, while its use of found imagery, repetition and fragmentation also reflects Paolozzi’s continuing engagement with Dada and Surrealism. The portfolio is part of the collections of Tate, London, and MoMA, New York.
EUR 4,500
