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La colonna del viaggiatore (The Column of the Traveller)
Price realised GBP 85,250
Estimate
GBP 80,000 – GBP 120,000
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Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
La colonna del viaggiatore (The Column of the Traveller)
Price realised GBP 85,250
Price realised GBP 85,250
Details
Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
La colonna del viaggiatore (The Column of the Traveller)
bronze with gold patina mounted on wood
76 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 15 5/8in. (194.5 x 40 x 40cm.)
Executed in 1959-60, this work is number one from an edition of two plus one artist's proof
La colonna del viaggiatore (The Column of the Traveller)
bronze with gold patina mounted on wood
76 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 15 5/8in. (194.5 x 40 x 40cm.)
Executed in 1959-60, this work is number one from an edition of two plus one artist's proof
Provenance
Private Collection, Brussels (acquired directly from the artist).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 20 May 1998, lot 118.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 20 May 1998, lot 118.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Accame, "Spostamenti", in Studio Marconi, no. 8, Milan 1976 (illustrated, p. 49).
E. Ritter, "Tipico esempio di architettura di interni milanese", in Rivista dell'arredamento, Milan 1979 (illustrated, pp. 5 and 11). Pomodoro. Lo turbo e il chiaro, exh. cat., Varese, Castello di Masnago, 1998 (illustrated, pp. 20 and 24).
F. Gualdoni, Arnoldo Pomodoro Catalogo ragionato della scultura, vol. II, Milan 2007, no. 137 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 423).
E. Ritter, "Tipico esempio di architettura di interni milanese", in Rivista dell'arredamento, Milan 1979 (illustrated, pp. 5 and 11). Pomodoro. Lo turbo e il chiaro, exh. cat., Varese, Castello di Masnago, 1998 (illustrated, pp. 20 and 24).
F. Gualdoni, Arnoldo Pomodoro Catalogo ragionato della scultura, vol. II, Milan 2007, no. 137 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 423).
Exhibited
Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Arnaldo Pomodoro, luoghi fondamentali, 1984 (illustrated, p. 64).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.