Collection Tortured Life

Tortured Life

Eduardo Paolozzi , Artist Kelpra Studio , Printer Editions Alecto , Publisher
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About the Artwork

Tortured Life

1965

Eduardo Paolozzi (Artist) Scottish, 1924 - 2005 Kelpra Studio (Printer) English (Publisher) Editions Alecto

Screen print printed in color ink on wove paper

Image: 32 × 22 1/2 inches (81.3 × 57.2 cm) Sheet: 38 × 26 inches (96.5 × 66 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of W. Hawkins Ferry

66.238

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Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Eduardo Paolozzi 1965

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 15/65 Inscribed, in screen, lower left: The tortured life of an influential modern philosopher: The late Ludwig Wittgenstein Inscribed, lower right; [two columns of text] Inscribed, lower right: JUNE 64

Publisher's drystamp, lower right corner: ea

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W. Hawkins Ferry;
1966-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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The W. Hawkins Ferry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1966, no. 19.

Eduardo Paolozzi: Sculpture, Drawings, Collages, and Graphics. Exh. cat., Arts Council of Great Britain. London, 1976, p. 127, no. 62 c.

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Eduardo Paolozzi, Tortured Life, 1965, screen print printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of W. Hawkins Ferry, 66.238.

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