Book Description

Signed and dated by Paolozzi in black biro to first free endpaper. Stated Edition 2, with copyright date of December 1962. Slim quarto (12 x 8.5 ins) White laminated card covers with red screen printed title, a few stains here and there and what looks to be some wax residue to back cover. 45 pages of black and white screenprints. The first book by British printmaker Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) one of the progenitors of the British pop art movement. Printed for the artist by the Kelpra Studio, set up in 1957 in Kentish Town, NW London, by Chris Prater and his wife Rose (nee Kelly), using a hybrid of their surnames. Kelpra Studio went on to define the 60s print scene in London, screenprinting for host of artists including Gillian Ayres, Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Patrick Caulfield, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Allen Jones, Victor Pasmore, Bridget Riley and of course Paolozzi.
Author PAOLOZZI, Eduardo
Date 1962
Binding Laminate
Publisher Kelpra Studio
Condition Fine

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