Lot 290
  • 290

Arnaldo Pomodoro

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
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Description

  • Arnaldo Pomodoro
  • Asse del movimento II
  • CONFIRM ON ARRIVAL
  • bronze
  • 70 by 68 1/4 by 68 1/4 in. 177.8 by 173.4 by 173.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1983-1987, this work is from an edition of 2 plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Novara, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, May - June 1989 (another example exhibited)
Rozzano, Centro Culturale Cascina Grande, Storie di fuoco - 27 scultori e una fonderia, April - May 1990, p. 62, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Kanagawa, The Hakone Open-Air Museum; Toyama, The Museum of Modern Art; Kurashiki, Ohara Museum of Art; Nishinomiya, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Arnaldo Pomodoro 1956-1993, January - December 1994, p. 60, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Bolzano, Museion, 7 Sculture di Arnaldo Pomodoro, April - June 1994, n.p., illustrated (another example exhibited)
Turin, Lingotto Fiere, Fiera arte moderna - Artissima, September - October 1994 (another example exhibited)
Ancona, Mole Vanitelliana, Premio Marche 1994: Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea, December 1994 - January 1995, p. 95, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Brescia, Manuela Allegrini arte contemporanea, Arnaldo Pomodoro, April - May 1995, pp. 18-19, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Rimini, Museo della Città, Arnaldo Pomodoro, June - July 1995, p. 19, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Williamsburg, Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William and Mary, Reconstructing Forms: Contemporary Sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, March - May 2003, p. 9, illustrated
Paris, Galerie Tornabuoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro, March - June 2011

Literature

Giovanni Quaglino, "Forme e metafore di Arnaldo Pomodoro," Corriere di Novara, June 8, 1989, p. 19, illustrated
Simone Reggiori, "Un'oasi nella nebbia," Casa Oggi, no. 234, vol. XXII, March 1994, pp. 34-35, illustrated
Sam Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, 1995, p. 148, illustrated
"Arnaldo Pomodoro," La Repubblica, June 9, 1995, n.p., illustrated
Gilberto Calcagnini, "Omaggio a Pomodoro," Extra, Corriere di Rimini, no. 4, July 11, 1997, n.p., illustrated
Fabio Cavallucci, "Pomodoro e il fantasma di Cagliostro," Corriere di Ravenna, July 13, 1997, n.p., illustrated
Pierluigi Cerri, "La Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro," Ottagono, no. 122, vol. XXXII, March - May 1997, p. 90, illustrated
Elisabetta Planca, "Pomodoro: La casa del mago," Arte, no. 293, January 1998, p. 86, illustrated
Flaminio Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro, Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Torno II, Milan, 2007, no. 738, p. 641, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are fine abrasions to the bronze surface. There are scattered dust accretions and mild evidence of oxidation in the crevices.
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