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Moonstrips Empire News Volume 1 / Paolozzi, Eduardo; Wittgenstein L; Duchamp M; Picabia F., 1967

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Identifier: CC-29926-31315

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Scope and Contents

Various paper stocks were used for the prints, viz., Centurian, Ferndown, Fibrex, Flexicover, Kendal and Soho cover boards, All British Cartridge, Astralux cast coated boards, and clear Acetate. According to Diane Kirpatrick (Eduardo Paolozzi, New York Graphic Society, 1969), the work was conceived as a giant file of text and image collages from the artist's voluminous collection. Each viewer is invited to 'edit' the book by experimenting with various arrangements of the sheets in the box. Paolozzi was concerned in this book between the relationship of Kitsch to technology. The color combinations of the inks are elegant with prodigious use of gold, silver, and copper metal inks. The moulded plexiglas box has a Dayglo pink color (other copies had this color or bright yellow or bright green). The images include movie stills and strips, There are several prints that include scientific, industrial, weather, and news photography. Images include graphs, advertisements, art reproductions, Disney cartoons, and pattern papers. There are reproductions of newspaper front pages, tables of contents, and dictionary clippings. There are vast sections of collaged texts prepared for this book that appear to be made with the cut-up technique used by Burroughs and Gysin. A more detailed description of this work is found in Diane Kirpatrick: Eduardo Paolozzi, New York Graphic Society, 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (96 prints (silkscreen, paper) + 4 prints (silkscreen, translucent acetate) in box (plexiglas)) ; prints 38 x 26 cm, in case 5 x 28 x 40 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: London, England : Editions Alecto. Signed by: Eduardo Paolozzi (l.r.- 7 prints); Eduardo Paolozzi (l.l.- print). Nationality of creator: British. General: 450 copies of 500 total copies. 147 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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