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Work Record ID:
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0041816
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Title:
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Two bronze figures for the Swann Building, University of Edinburgh
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Creator:
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Paolozzi, Eduardo (b.1924)
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Creator Name:
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Paolozzi, Eduardo
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Creator Dates:
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b.1924
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor
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Summary Creator:
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Eduardo Paolozzi
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Creator:
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Read, Colin
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Creator Name:
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Read, Colin
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Creator Role:
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Photographer
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Summary Creator:
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Colin Read
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Date:
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1996
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Description:
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Photographs of plaster maquettes for the two monumental bronze figures installed in front of Molecular Biology's new Swann Building in 1996. From the start the artist saw these figures as improvised, thus he connected the imaginative processes of art with the imaginative processes of science. The figures are also deconstructed and reconstructed, a metaphor of molecular biology, and they are acrobats or jugglers, an image of the skill and dexterity of the scientist. Eduardo Paolozzi, one of Britain's most renowned artists, was appointed 'Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland' in 1986.
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Work Type:
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Photograph
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Material:
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Paper
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Material:
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Photography
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Location:
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Molecular Biology Department/Darwin Building
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Repository:
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Object Lessons
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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54248835
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Repro Creator Name:
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Edinburgh University Library Photography Department
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Repro Repository:
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Object Lessons
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ol0018b
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Capture Date:
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01/08/2003 14:14:00
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