About this artwork
Richard Rogers, the world-famous architect of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, is, like Paolozzi, of Italian descent. His portrait was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in London. By combining different facial expressions of the sitter in one single bust, Paolozzi applies principles of collage to the medium of sculpture. The final collaged head has a suitably architectural quality.
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artist:Eduardo PaolozziScottish (1924 - 2005)
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title:Portrait of Richard Rogers
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date created:1988
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:52.50 x 44.00 x 33.00 cm
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credit line:Presented by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.
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accession number:GMA.A.40.1/1622
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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...
