Screenprint on paper
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Universal Electronic Vacuum
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-eduardo-paolozzi-1738" aria-label="More by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Eduardo Paolozzi</a>
A formula that can shatter into a million glass bullets
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
abstraction
caption
characters
colour
diagrammatic
emotions, concepts and ideas
film, music and ballet
film: Disney, Walt
formal qualities
geometric
inscriptions
literature and fiction
Mickey Mouse
non-representational
pattern
symbols and personifications
paper print screenprint
A formula that can shatter into a million glass bullets
image: 870 × 610 mm
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
<p><b>P01956</b> [from] 883, WHIPPED CREAM, A TASTE OF HONEY, PEANUTS, LEMON TREE, OTHERS A FORMULA THAT CAN SHATTER INTO A MILLION GLASS BULLETS 7 PYRAMIDE IN FORM EINER ACHTELSKUGEL 1967 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paolozzi-833-whipped-cream-a-taste-of-honey-peanuts-lemon-tree-others-p01955" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P01955</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paolozzi-7-pyramide-in-form-einer-achtel-skugel-p01957" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P01957</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paolozzi-poster-p04869" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P04869</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paolozzi-war-games-revised-p04879" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P04879</span></a>; complete]
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<br/>Three screenprints (proofs) from Universal Electronic Vacuum
<br/>Printed at Kelpra Studio, published by Editions Alecto in an edition of 75, each approx. 34 1/4 × 24 (87 × 61)
<br/>Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate 1980
<br/>Lit: op.cit., nos.46, 49 and 42
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<br/>‘Universal Electronic Vacuum’ was a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portfolio" title="Glossary definition for 'Portfolio'"><span>portfolio</span></a> with 10 <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprints</span></a>, a poster and accompanying text. It was the third major portfolio Paolozzi made at Kelpra. The screens for each <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> were printed in different colours each time, making each print in the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a> a different colourway.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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abstraction caption characters colour diagrammatic emotions, concepts and ideas film: Disney, Walt film, music and ballet formal qualities geometric inscriptions literature and fiction Mickey Mouse non-representational pattern symbols and personifications