Lot Essay
This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro under no. AP 106.
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La Colonna del viaggiatore (The Voyager's Column)
Details
Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
La Colonna del viaggiatore (The Voyager's Column)
incised with the artist's signature, number and date 'Arnaldo Pomodoro '59/60 - 02 p.a' (lower right)
bronze mounted on wood
86 x 16 ¾ x 15 7/8in. (218.5 x 42.5 x 40.5cm.)
Executed in 1959-1960, this work is the artist's proof from an edition of two plus one artist's proof
La Colonna del viaggiatore (The Voyager's Column)
incised with the artist's signature, number and date 'Arnaldo Pomodoro '59/60 - 02 p.a' (lower right)
bronze mounted on wood
86 x 16 ¾ x 15 7/8in. (218.5 x 42.5 x 40.5cm.)
Executed in 1959-1960, this work is the artist's proof from an edition of two plus one artist's proof
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1980s.
Literature
U. Gertz, Plastik der Gegenwart, vol. II, Berlin 1964, p. 262 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 197).
M. V.C., 'Raffinata contamminazione dei cipressi', in Casa Vogue, Milan, November 1977 (another from the edition illustrated).
S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, New York 1982, no. 42 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 54).
S. Troisi, Arnaldo Pomodoro opera grafica, progetti visionari, sculture, exh. cat., Marsala, ex Convento del Carmine, 1997 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 11).
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro a Varese, exh. cat, Varese, Castello di Masnago, piazza della Republica, 1998, pp. 20 and 24.
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, vol. I, Milan 2007 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 98); vol. II, no. 136 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 423).
M. V.C., 'Raffinata contamminazione dei cipressi', in Casa Vogue, Milan, November 1977 (another from the edition illustrated).
S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, New York 1982, no. 42 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 54).
S. Troisi, Arnaldo Pomodoro opera grafica, progetti visionari, sculture, exh. cat., Marsala, ex Convento del Carmine, 1997 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 11).
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro a Varese, exh. cat, Varese, Castello di Masnago, piazza della Republica, 1998, pp. 20 and 24.
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, vol. I, Milan 2007 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 98); vol. II, no. 136 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 423).
Exhibited
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège, Affirmations, 1961, no. 102 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 16).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Arnaldo e Giò Pomodoro, 1963 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 17).
Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Luoghi Fondamentali, 1984 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 64).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Arnaldo e Giò Pomodoro, 1963 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 17).
Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Luoghi Fondamentali, 1984 (another from the edition 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.
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