I Was a Rich Man's Plaything

It takes its title from words printed on the cover of Intimate Confessions magazine, the largest clipping incorporated into the design.

Over that, Paolozzi pasted images of a gun emitting the word "pop" cut from the packaging of a toy pop gun, a cherry with a slice of cherry pie, and a "Real Gold" logo from a brand of California lemon juice.

Mounted elsewhere on the card are an image of a Lockheed Hudson or Ventura bomber, and part of a Coca-Cola advertisement.

series was inspired by technology, popular culture, glamour and consumerism, and took its name from a quotation of Henry Ford, that "History is more or less bunk … We want to live in the present …".

Paolozzi gave an illustrated lecture entitled "Bunk" at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1952, the first event presented by the newly formed Independent Group, mainly comprising found images from magazines and other sources, projected using an epidiascope.