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Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi Wedgwood Porcelain Variations on a Geometric Theme
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Set of Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi Wedgwood plates,
variations on a geometric theme,
complete set of six-one of only two hundred sets made.
with Lucite box,
circa 1971
The Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi porcelain plates are of bone china with vertical bands of patterns which include stripes, zigzags and circular patterns in red, black and gold. The effect of a complex, multi-sectioned surface of diagonal, zigzag and circular patterns was achieved with the screen-printing rather than the traditional painting on ceramics.
The six plates are kept within their original pink slipcovers and plastic bags marked Wedgwood and are within a pink Perspex box and cover marked Wedgwood. One side of the box has a section out and repaired back.
Note the gold on the plates does not display well in the photos.
Wedgwood collaborated with the artist in this venture to produce a limited edition of 200 sets of fine bone china plates with decoration designed by Paolozzi. The project extends the artist's own interest in print techniques and the production of variations of the same theme, and the effects of different forms of printing on an image.
Professor Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi CBE FRA (1924-2005), was a Scottish sculptor and artist. Largely a surrealist, Paolozzi came to public attention in the 1960s by producing a range of striking screenprints - the medium which he used for the design of these plates. His works include the mosaic patterned walls of the Tottenham Court Road tube station and the 'Piscator' sculpture outside Euston Station.
Paolozzi once stated that as an artist it is sometimes difficult to draw a line between 'art' and 'craft.' Despite being best-known as a sculptor, in 1968 Paolozzi was appointed visiting tutor in the Ceramics Department of the Royal College of Art, a post which he held until 1989 when he was appointed Visiting Professor.
Paolozzi designed several ceramic ranges for companies such as Wedgwood Ltd. and the German manufacturer Rosenthal. For the Variations on a Geometric Theme, a dinner service of plates, he used his collage approach to design geometric patterns that could be printed mechanically onto the bone china plates, rather than the traditional approach to painting by hand.
The process of casting objects in plaster, which he frequently employed in later years, was a significant outcome of his understanding of ceramic casting methods.
Reference:
There is a set at The Victoria & Albert Museum in London which was given by the artist Gallery location: Factory Ceramics, room 140, case 6, shelf 4. A set was in the Collection of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret.
And also The Wedgwood Museum and The National Museum of Scotland.
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
KBE RA (7 March 1924-22 April 2005)
In 1968 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 the College. Paolozzi's geometric designs were made in the lithographic studios at the College and transferred onto the plates at the Wedgwood factory. There were six different plates, each a variant on the same geometric theme, issued as a boxed set.
- Creator:Eduardo Paolozzi (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Diameter: 10 in (25.4 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 6
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1971
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. The pink plexiglass box has a break to one side and has been glued back. It is unusual to still find the original box.
- Seller Location:Downingtown, PA
- Reference Number:Seller: Ref NY9268/CIIR1stDibs: LU861018237102
Eduardo Paolozzi
Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 – 2005) was a prolific and inventive Scottish artist most known for his marriage of Surrealism's early principles with brave new elements of popular culture, modern machinery and technology. He was raised in the shadows of World War II in a family deeply affected by the divisive nature of a country involved in conflict, which birthed his lifelong exploration into the many ways humans are influenced by external, uncontrollable forces. This exploration would come to inform a vast and various body of work that vacillated between the darker and lighter consequences of society's advancements and its so-called progress. His collages reflect the way contemporary culture and mass media influenced individual identity. Some of these, with their appropriation of American advertising's look and feel would inspire the future Pop art movement.
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