Author: Paolozzi, Eduardo.
Title: CLOUD ATOMIC LABORATORY. 8 Etchings.
Description: Editions Alecto London Specially Commissioned by British Olivetti, 1971. T.p. + Introduction leaf + Contents leaf. 16 etched images on 8 plates plates, size of sheets 53 x 36 cm. Each loose as issued. With tissue guards (several frayed). enclosed in gilt lettered fall back box, minor wear. From the Library of Sir Roy Strong. ¶ Printed in an Edition of 75 Numbered 69/75 and signed by the Artist. Each plate signed dated and limited in pencil by the artist. 'This set of sixteen images in tandem are accurate translations of paintings based on photographs spanning a period of time from 1952 up to the present. The collecting of material from magazines, books and newspapers has been a continual search for meaning starting from early school days. In some cases illustrations from books have formed the bases of certain sculptures. Four images in this portfolio have reasonable historic value being originally presented with a diverse amount of images at the ICA in 1952. The radical nature of this lecture has never been properly assessed but is nevertheless homogenous with the current paintings and sculptures. A difficulty in assessing aesthetic value in these works is emphasised by the monolithic concepts concerning all the GREAT MECHNICAL ARTS. The schism that separates Space Age Engineering, technical photography, film making and types of street-art from fine art activities is for many people/artists unbridgeable. Within the grand system of paradoxes, the theme of this portfolio is the Human Predicament. Content enlarged by precision. History shaded into the grey scale as in the television tube.' Eduardo Paolozzi, London, 1971.

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