Eduardo Paolozzi 1924-2005
Shattered Head, 1956
gold patinated bronze
11 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches
28.6 x 24.8 cm
28.6 x 24.8 cm
signed “E. Paolozzi” and numbered 5/6, stamped with the foundry: “Suisse Fond Paris” to the bottom of the back
Provenance
Ayala Zacks, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto, acquired from above
Thence by descent
Private Collection Toronto
Exhibitions
London, Hanover Gallery, Contemporary Sculpture, 24 July - 14 September 1956, cat no.46, illus b/w, another castLondon, Hanover Gallery, Paolozzi, 11 November - 31 December 1958, cat no.36, illus b/w, another cast
Wuppertal, Kunst-und Museumsverein, Sammlung Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, London, opened 13 June 1964, cat no. 40, another cast, touring to:
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Frankfurt, Kunstverein
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 10 April - 16 May 1965
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall
Humblebæk (Denmark), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Samlungen Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, December 1965, cat no.40, another cast
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, 3 December 1967 - 7 January 1968, cat no. 41, another cast
Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Eduardo Paolozzi, 6 December 1974 - 19 January 1975, cat no.8, illus b/w p69, another cast
Berlin, National Galerie, Eduardo Paolozzi, 5 February - 6 April 1975, cat no.15, illus b/w p77, Tate Gallery cast
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Eduardo Paolozzi, Recurring Themes, Summer 1984, cat no. A1.4, illus b/w, p22, Tate Gallery cast, touring to:
Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Autumn 1984
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, 1985
Breda, De Beyard Centrum Voor Beeldende Kunst, 1985
Literature
Diane Kirkpatrick, Eduardo Paolozzi, Studio Vista, London, 1970, p35, illus b/w, pl 26, another cast illusWinfried Konnertz, Eduardo Paolozzi, Du Mont Buchverlag, Cologne, 1984, pp82-85, 87, 270, illus b/w pl. 16, another cast illus
Bryan Robertson, Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, Harpvale Books, Salisbury, 1994, illus b/w p52, another cast illus
Robin Spencer (ed.), Eduardo Paolozzi: Writings and Interviews, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, p148, 150n, another cast illus