Screenprint on paper
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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>
Girot and Plaza
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
abstraction
architecture
film, music and ballet
film: Paolozzi, Eduardo, Sir, ‘History of Nothing’
from recognisable sources
geometric
inscriptions
landscape
literature and fiction
machinery
man-made
map
non-representational
objects
symbols and personifications
tools and machinery
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
paper print screenprint
Girot and Plaza
image: 587 × 914 mm
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
<p><b>P01951</b> GIROT AND PLAZA 1964
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<br/>Not inscribed
<br/>Screenprint (two trial proofs on one sheet), printed at Kelpra Studio, 23 1/8×36 (58.6× 91.2)
<br/>Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate 1980
<br/>Lit: Rosemary Miles, The Complete Prints of Eduardo Paolozzi (exh. catalogue) Victoria and Albert Museum, 1977
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<br/>These two images were each separately printed in <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>editions</span></a> of 10, published by the artist (op.cit., nos.20 and 21). The word ‘PLAZA’ was omitted in the final version. These (and others made the same year) are related to Paolozzi's animated film ‘History of Nothing’, 1960–2, made from <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/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> illustrations of machinery, interiors and townscapes.
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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 architecture film, music and ballet film: Paolozzi, Eduardo, Sir, ‘History of Nothing’ from recognisable sources geometric inscriptions landscape literature and fiction machinery man-made map non-representational objects symbols and personifications tools and machinery townscape townscapes / man-made features