Hanging Forms (Study for ‘Two Forms on a Rod’)
About this artwork
This watercolour with ink and pastel on paper is a study for one of Paolozzi’s early sculptures, which was conceived while he was living in Paris. The sculpture ‘Two Forms on a Rod’ is also in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s collection and consists of two enigmatic objects which hang in suspension between two upright supports. With its soft, dissolving lines and contours, this watercolour study emphasises the dreamlike ambiguity of the ‘Hanging Forms’ and their roots in Surrealism.
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artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) Scottish
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title:Hanging Forms (Study for ‘Two Forms on a Rod’)
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date created:1948
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materials:Watercolour, ink and pastel on paper
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measurements:26.20 x 32.80 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Gabrielle Keiller 1995
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accession number:GMA 4021
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Eduardo Paolozzi
Of Italian descent, Paolozzi was born in Leith near Edinburgh. 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...