POP ART · ARTIST

Eduardo Paolozzi

1924–2005 · Scottish · Pop Art
The first POP

Paolozzi cut the literal word POP into a 1947 collage, years before the movement had a name to steal. He hoarded American magazines, robots, and pin-ups into scrapbook chaos, and that magpie habit is the engine that later artists tidied into icons.

Featured works
Rich Man's Plaything
Rich Man's Plaything
1947
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