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Description: | This station platform at Tottenham Court Road Underground station on the Central line is decorated with coloured mosaics commissioned from the artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005). The photograph was taken by Ian Bell on 3 November 1993.
The murals, installed in 1984, reflect the vibrant life around the station including electrical shops on Tottenham Court Road, the British Museum and the all-night Turkish Baths at the Russell Hotel. Murals of a more restrained character were installed on the Northern line passages at Tottenham Court Road.
Eduardo Paolozzi, a printmaker, ceramicist and sculptor inspired by both surrealism and pop art, was one of the most important artists in Britain in his time. He died in 2005. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Art and Design | Temporal: | 3 Nov 1993 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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