Lot 185
  • 185

Arnaldo Pomodoro

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Arnaldo Pomodoro
  • Quadrato I
  • incised with the artist's name and number 1/3 on the base
  • gold-plated bronze and wood
  • 10 5/8 by 8 7/8 by 3 1/4 in. 27 by 22.5 by 8.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1981, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3.

Provenance

The Merryman Collection, Palo Alto
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1985

Exhibited

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Art Gallery; Long Beach, California State University, The Art Museum and Galleries; Wasau, Leigh Yawkei Woodson Art Musuem; Tyler, Muskegon Museum of Art; Wichita State University, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art; Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama Art Gallery; Museo de Monterrey; Victoria Regional Museum Association; The Alexandria Museum; Norman, University of Oklahoma Museum of Art; Eugene, University of Oregon Museum of Art, The First International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, January 1982 - December 1983, p. 24, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Literature

Flaminio Gualdoni, Ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo II, Milan 2007, cat. no. 678, p. 619, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is evidence of pitting to the bronze and areas along the top and sides of the work where the plating has burnt through. There are scattered spots of rust and oxidation visible throughout and scattered smudging, spot accretions and light surface abrasions are visible throughout.
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