Disco con Sfera

Details

Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
Disco con Sfera
incised with the artist's signature, numbered and dated '© Arnaldo Pomodoro '86 2/6' (lower edge)
bronze
28 ½ x 24 x 18 3/8 in. (72.4 x 61 x 46.7 cm.)
Executed in 1986. This work is number two from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.

Provenance

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988

Literature

A. Mosca, "Esopo, parole e immagini," Corriere della Sera, Milan, 14 November 1986, n.p. (another example illustrated).
Art in America, New York, no. 4, vol. 76, April 1988, p. 87 (another example illustrated).
M. Lourié, "Si prepara l'Internazionale: 19-28 maggio," Arte, Milan, February 1989, p. 40 (another example illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo II, Milan, 2007, pp. 662-663, no. 792 (another example illustrated).

Lot Essay

This work is registered in Arnaldo Pomodoro Archive, Milan, no. AP 573.

'I believe the light reflections are very important. The sculptures actually change during the course of the day, in sunshine and shade. The mirroring effects pick up the environment, the spectator. You can be reflected in my spheres, and your image will be distorted. That makes the sculpture very alive, a part of you, of nature in any sort of spot, in a park or in a garden, in the city' (Pomodoro, quoted in S. Hunter,Arnaldo Pomodoro, New York, 1982, p. 104).

Disco con Sfera

Lot Essay

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