‡Sir Eduardo Paolozzi CBE RA (Scottish 1924-2005)

‡Sir Eduardo Paolozzi CBE RA (Scottish 1924-2005)

Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)

Plaster, c.1984

29.5 x 17 x 11.1cm

Yukio Mishima was a Japanese poet, film director, playwright and actor. In 1970 he committed ritual suicide in an attempt to reaffirm traditional Japanese culture independent of Western-style materialism.

Provenance:

Purchased from The Paolozzi Foundation, August 2006, by the present owner