Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1924–2005, BritishPublished by Editions Alecto Ltd.
Title:
Wittgenstein the Soldier
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: 'At the outbreak of the war, Wittgenstien entered the Austrian | army as a volunteer, although he had been exempted | He served first on a vessel on the | Vistula and later in an artillery workshop in Cracow. In 1915 | he was ordered to Olmtiz, in Moravia, to be trained as an officer. | As previously mentioned, he fought on the East front. | In 1918 he was transferred to the South front. Upon the collapse | of the Austro-Hungarian army in November, he was taken | prisoner by the Italians. It was not until August if the follow- | ing year that he could return to Austria. During the major part | of his captivity he was in a prison camp near Monte Casino | in south Italy. | When Wittgenstein was captured he had in his rucksack the | manuscript of his Logisch-philosopiche Abhanlung. | AUGUST 1964'
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Under Copyright
Accession Number:
B1995.3.8
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)