Major Paolozzi sculpture facing decay
A masterpiece by the 20th-century British sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi is deteriorating because no one is taking responsibility for it, his foundation has warned.
The sculpture, an enormous abstracted head titled Piscator, is considered a London landmark. Commissioned by British Rail in 1980 for the forecourt of Euston station, it still stands on its original site but looks forlorn and filthy.
Toby Treves, a former Tate curator and trustee of the Eduardo Paolozzi Foundation, told the Guardian the charity had struggled for years to find out who owns it so that it can be restored.
He said: “Originally it was acquired by British Rail but, after privatisation, ownership of this work … on the British Rail estate fell into a black hole. We have been trying to find out if Network Rail owns it, but they have been extremely slow in coming back to us – presumably because, if it is their responsibility, they don’t want to have to pay to maintain it.”
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