About this artwork
This is a key image in Paolozzi’s work, one that he returned to throughout his career. He made the original collage on which this 1962 screenprint was based, in 1954. He made some earlier collage works where modern machines are juxtaposed with ancient Greek sculpture. Here he takes the fusion of human and machine even further – this human head has an engine for a brain and a crankshaft for a spine. Paolozzi made the screenprint with Chris Prater (1924–1996) of Kelpra Studio in London.
Published January 2024
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artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) Scottish
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title:Automobile Head
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date created:1954/1962
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materials:Print on folded sheet
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measurements:Folded: 63.60 x 38.30 cm
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object type:
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accession number:GMA.A.40.4/69
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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...