Eduardo Paolozzi
Krokadeel
About this artwork
This sculpture is closely related to Paolozzi’s 1954 collage work, Automobile Head. The ‘head’ here is an indistinct mash–up of machine parts, barely recognisable as an organic being. Is it human? Or amphibian, as the title – an exaggerated phonetic spelling of crocodile – suggests?
Published January 2024
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artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) Scottish
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title:Krokadeel
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date created:About 1956 - 1959
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:94.00 x 67.00 x 23.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1988
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accession number:GMA 3400
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...
