Arnaldo Pomodoro (B. 1926)
Property from an Important West Coast Collection
Arnaldo Pomodoro (B. 1926)

Rotante primo sezionale n. 4

Details
Arnaldo Pomodoro (B. 1926)
Rotante primo sezionale n. 4
incised with the artist's signature, numbered and dated 'Arnaldo Pomodoro - 1966/90 6/9' (on the base)
bronze
overall: 17 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (45.1 x 40 x 40 cm.)
Conceived in 1966 and executed in 1990. This work is number six from an edition of nine.
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka, 11 June 1994 (another example illustrated).
Sankei Shimbun, Osaka, 18 October 1994 (another example illustrated).
Sankei Shimbun, Osaka, 11 November 1994 (another example illustrated).
L. Fenga, "Pomodoro, allegorie del modo" Il Piccolo, 3 November 1997, p. 13 (another example llustrated).
M. G. Villa, "Sculture del tempo" Gazzetta di Parma, 7 March 1999, p. 58 (another example illustrated).
L. Berra and B. Leonetti, eds., Scritti critici per Arnaldo Pomodoro e opere dell'artista 1955-2000, Milan, 2000, p. 329 (another example illustrated).
"Arnaldo Pomodoro y la vanguardia italiana" Revista Ayuntamiento de Valencia, April-May 2002, n.p. (another example illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Milan, 2007, vol. II, p. 534, no. 431 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Kanagawa, The Hakone Open-Air Museum; Toyama, The Museum of Modern Art; Kurashiki, Ohara Museum of Art and Nishinomiya, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Arnaldo Pomodoro 1956-1993, January-December 1994, p. 36 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Brescia, Galleria D'arte Arte Contemporanea Manuela Allegrini, Arnaldo Pomodoro, April-May 1995, p. 23 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro, January-February 1996, p. 9 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Finalborgo, Chiostri di Santa Caterina, Oratorio dei Disciplinati, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Sculture e grafiche, September-November 1997, p. 13, 53 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Varese, Castello di Masnago, Rettorato dell'Università, Arnaldo Pomodoro a Varese, December 1998-March 1999, p. 93 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Palma de Mallorca, Círculo de Bellas Artes, El Casal Balaguer, Arnaldo Pomodoro, August-September 1999 (another example exhibited).

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Lot Essay

This work is registered in Arnaldo Pomodoro Archive, Milan, no. AP654.

"For me the 'destruction' element in form was my most important discovery, and the most authentic both in terms of myself and my times" (A. Pomodoro, quoted in S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, New York 1982, p. 52).

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