Sir Eduardo Paolozzi 1924-2005 naked head resin height 14cm; 5.5in. (2) Naked Head relates to Pao

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi 1924-2005 naked head resin height 14cm; 5.5in. (2) Naked Head relates to Paolozzi's commission for a public monument outside Euston Station London which he named after the German theatre director Erwin Piscator. The idea for it originated from the shape of a motorbike engine and this form is clearly seen in the present work. Paolozzi intended workers in the building above to look down on the sculpture and therefore the 'roof' of the sculpture is also crucial to the overall effect. In his final piece placed in situ in 1981 the details of the motorbike engine seen in the present work have evolved into a more organic form. To be sold together with Naked Head signed and dated 1978 plaster by the same hand.