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Lot 477
  • 477

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi

Estimate
400 - 600 USD
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Description

  • Sir Eduardo Paolozzi CBE, RA
  • Conjectures to identity
  • larger sheet: 780 by 530 mm 30 3/4 by 20 3/4 in
Screenprint in colors, 1964, signed in ink, titled, dated '1963' and annotated 'For Ron Kitaj' and 'Proof', apart from the edition of 40, on thin wove paper, with margins, staining at the edges, glued down to card; together with inkwells silver, screenprint in colors, 1962, signed in pencil, dated, titled and inscribed 'artist's proof', on wove paper, with margins, glue staining, verso (2 prints)

Condition

Conjectures to Identity: the print has been glued to a card backing, and the discoloration from the glue is showing through, mostly in the margins. The sheet is buckling at left where it has separated from the backing. Inkwells Silver: The print has light surface soiling throughout, and the sheet is entirely covered in old adhesive, verso.
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