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Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
Definition of the Past Object...1967

Not on view
Nearly all-white vertical print with a repeating grid of interlocking clock faces, each showing different times, rendered in pale embossed lines on cream paper
Artist or Maker
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
Artist or Maker
Editions Alecto
Artist or Maker
Kelpra Studio
Title
Definition of the Past Object...
Place Made
Scotland
Date Made
1967
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (37.78 × 25.08 cm) Image: 14 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (35.88 × 23.18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of George Friedman through The Martin S. Ackerman Foundation
Accession Number
M.79.218.17
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Miles, Rosemary. The Complete Prints of Eduardo Paolozzi. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1977.