Plate (from the ‘Variations on a Geometric Theme’ series of 6 plates)
About this artwork
In 1968 Eduardo Paolozzi was appointed to the ceramics department at the Royal College of Art, London. Shortly afterwards he was invited to make a set of plates by the firm of Wedgwood. The prototypes were made with the assistance of David Queensberry, Professor of Ceramics at of the Collage. Paolozzi’s geometric designs were made in the lithographic studios at the College and transferred onto the plates at the Wedgwood factory. There are six different designs, each a variant on the same geometric theme.
Published January 2024
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artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) Scottish
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title:Plate (from the ‘Variations on a Geometric Theme’ series of 6 plates)
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date created:1968 - 1969
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materials:Bone china
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measurements:Diameter: 27.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Donated by Frank Fowler, 2007
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accession number:GMA 4819 B
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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...