About this artwork
The lamps used for this and related drawings were bought at a ship supply store in Leith, the port of Edinburgh, and were used by Paolozzi in his student accommodation in Cartwright Gardens in London. This collage was probably shown in his June 1947 show at the Mayor Gallery. The sell-out success of the show provided Paolozzi with £75 and the means to make his long-dreamed-of move to Paris. He remembered London at that time as grey, bleak and no match for exotic Paris.
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artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) Scottish
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title:Oil Lamp
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date created:1947
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materials:Collage on paper
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measurements:48.00 x 22.50 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Gabrielle Keiller 1995
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accession number:GMA 4019
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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...