Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1924–2005, BritishPublished by Editions Alecto Ltd.
Title:
He Must, So To Speak, Throw Away the Ladder
Date:
1965
Materials & Techniques:
Screen print on H.P. J. Green 133 lbs. white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 38 × 26 inches (96.5 × 66 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "36/65" Image includes the words: 'Meine Satze erlautem dadurch, das sie der, welcher mich versteht, am Ende als unsinnig erkennet, wenn er durch sie - auf ihnen - uber sie hinausgestiegen ist. (Er mus sozusagen die Leiter wegwerfen, nachdem er auf ihr hinaufgestiegen ist.) | Er mus diese Satze uberwinden, dahn sieht er die Welt richtig. | Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, daruber mus man schweigen. | 'My proposition serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical, when he has used them - as steps - to climb up beyond them. (He must, so to speak, throw away the ladder after he has climbed up it.) | He must transcend these propositions, and then he will see the world aright. | What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence. | FEBRUARY 1965'
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Under Copyright
Accession Number:
B1995.3.13
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Just what was it that made British Pop so different, so appealing? (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-01-26 - 2004-05-09)