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Eduardo Paolozzi

Moonstrips Empire News

1967

Plexiglass box with 96 screenprints and four foils
Dimensions: 38 x 25.3 cm; 24.8 x 25.3 cm; 14.1 x 25.3 cm
Signature, inscriptions, markings: sheets marked at back side, eight sheets titled by the artist and signed at lower right: „Secrets of the Internal Combustion Engine“, „Cover for a Journal“, „Erni and T.T. at St. Louis Airport“, „Memory Core Units“, „Donald Duck meets Mondrian“, „Formica Formikel“, „High Life“, „The Silken World of Michelangelo”
Copy Number: 489/500
Printer: Kelpra Studios, London
Publisher: Editions Alecto, London
Text: Christopher Finch
Accession Number: 1001030.1–100

The picture is divided into three parts. The picture in the top half shows a child with its toys. On the left-hand side of the lower half is a duck made up of dots. It seems to represent Donald Duck, a cartoon character duck with a blue cap and big eyes. On the right-hand side of the bottom half are many different colourful squares separated by purple lines.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 1, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
In the centre of the picture is a pink elephant that does not correspond to nature. Around it on a brown background are colourful circles. The circles look like pie charts. At the bottom of the picture is a black stripe with golden dots and lines.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 3, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
In the centre of the picture is a rectangle containing two more squares. They are colourful and outlined in black. Right in the centre is a small red box with the text ‘High Life’. Many small black dots are lined up in the background.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 4, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
The picture is divided into three parts. At the top is a wide black stripe with two colourful circles. Below this is a golden stripe with many small coloured squares. Below that is a large red area with long thin black stripes.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 5, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
The picture is divided into three parts. At the top is a blue stripe with orange faces. Below this is a green stripe with pink objects. At the bottom is a colourful stripe with various drawn animals.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 6, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
The picture consists of various elements. For example, you can recognise Mickey Mouse (a cartoon character that is supposed to represent a mouse), the head of an antique statue and little men made of dots.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 7, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
The picture is a black and white image showing a monster holding a person in its arms.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 11, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
A black and white picture showing a city from above.
Eduardo Paolozzi, "Moonstrips Empire News", 1967, © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 16, photo: Gerhard Tillmann