'This is what imposes, in addition to a formal metamorphosis, a material metamorphosis on all my materials. In the finished casting the original objets trouves are no longer present at all, as they are in the Dada and Surrealist compositions of this kind. They survive in my sculptures as ghosts of forms that still haunt the bronze, details of its surface or its actual structure' (E. Paolozzi, quoted in E. Roditi, Dialogues on Art, London, 1960, p. 162).
In 1954 Paolozzi set up a bronze furnace in Dorothy Morland's garden in Hampstead and from 1954-57 cast his own bronzes with the help of Morland's son, Francis. Using the lost-wax method Paolozzi cast a number of small figure pieces reminiscent of his French contemporary, Jean Dubuffet who he had met while living in Paris in the late 1940s. The Pier Art Centre have a similar piece to the present work which was gifted by Paolozzi to Margaret Gardiner.
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Bronze with a green patina, unique. There is some surface dirt, particularly to the crevices of the work. There is some residue in the crevices, left over from the casting process. There is some light rubbing to the extreme edges, consistent with handling. Subject to the above the work appears to be in very good overall condition.
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拍品 64拍卖编号 18872
Small FigureSIR EDUARDO PAOLOZZI (1924-2005)估价: GBP 15,000 - 25,000