Lot 738
738
Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
Property from the Collection of Ruth and Jerome Siegel
Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)

Sfera

Details
Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
Sfera
incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'Arnaldo Pomodoro 02 p.a.' (on the base)
bronze
diameter: 31 ½ in. (80 cm.)
Executed in 1979-1980. This work is the artist's proof aside from an edition of two.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1981
Literature
A. Morch, "An Awesome Display of Sculpture", San Francisco Examiner, 13 April 1981, p. E12 (another example illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo II, Milan 2007, p. 610, no. 654 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria Incontro d'Arte, Itinerario all'interno della scultura italian contemporanea, 1980, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
San Francisco, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro - 15 Sculptures: 1960-1980, 1981, pp. 9, 24-25 and 38-41 (another example exhibited and illustrated).

Lot Essay

This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, no. AP417.

'I care how the details function. I want the view at close quarters to be a totally different but related experience. I insist that the sculpture surfaces be read carefully and slowly, even though just a moment before you saw the ensemble forms as essentially geometric and monumental' (Pomodoro, quoted in S. Hunter, 'Monuments and Anti-monuments', pp. 57-77,F. Gualdoni (ed.), Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della sculptura, Vol. I, Milan, 2007, p. 63).

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