Sir EDUARDO PAOLOZZI RA - Untitled - masks

A limited edition screenprint by Eduardo Paolozzi from the iconic folio Moonstrips Empire News (1967).

Untitled image of masked animals contrasting with text.  It is one of the 92 unsigned images from the folio of 100. EA and Kelpra stamps verso. stamped title verso.  The set is number 125/500

Collections: The Tate

Published by Editions Alecto in 1967, Moonstrips Empire News consisted of 100 screenprints of images and text in an edition of 500. Eight of the images were signed and numbered by the artist (we have some of these for sale searately). The prints were printed by Kelpra Studios on various paper stocks and bear their stamp verso as well as the Editions Alecto stamp.

Paolozzi had been fascinated by American culture as a child, collecting cigarette cards and watching Hollywood icons at the local cinema.  This folio also shows his interest in history of art, technology and science.  Layering-up images from magazines, he juxtaposed his interest in technology, science and history with recurring pop culture themes of celebrity, fast food and advertising. Text was also an important component of his work, reflected in the ‘text only’ sheets with editorial from magazines and newspapers, sometimes rearranged in a creative style.

 Measurements: 25.5 x 38 cm

Condition: Never framed, it has been stored in its original folio box. In great condition, very slight edge nudge to the top edge from storage, minor.

Shipping rolled.

Suited to combined p&p with other prints (£1 uk for each additional print on top of the main postage price). Please check out our other listings including other Paolozzi works.

Biog:

Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi CBE, RA was a Scottish sculptor and artist who studied at the Edinburgh College of Art, St Martins, Slade School and University College London. From 1947-9 he worked in Paris, meeting Georges Braque and Fernand Leger – a period which was to influence his later work.

Moving back to London he founded the Independent Group in 1952, describing his work as surrealist art – although he has often been associated with the early British pop art movement. He worked in a variety of media, becoming particularly focussed on sculpture which he taught at the Royal College of Art.