About this artwork
The image that inspired this bronze sculpture was a blueprint for an instant camera that became obsolete before being produced. In this work, which is a maquette for a sculpture, Paolozzi has transformed the blueprint into a three-dimensional object. The final work was commissioned by the European Patent Office in Munich in an international sculpture competition, and was made in cast iron by Robert Taylor in Larbert, Scotland. The sculpture was situated outside the building, at the meeting point of two streets, and was made in sections which were spaced out so the public could enter the central space.
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artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) Scottish
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title:Camera
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date created:1978 - 1979
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:9.00 x 41.00 x 55.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by the artist 1994
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accession number:GMA 3831
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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...