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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOAN A. MENDELL
ARNALDO POMODORO (B. 1926)
Scatola & Disco & Sfera (Three Works)
Details
ARNALDO POMODORO (B. 1926)
Scatola & Disco & Sfera (Three Works)
i.
Scatola
incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'A Pomodoro 189/250' (upper right)
bronze with gold patina
2 x 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (5.1 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm.)
Executed in 1981/1982. This work is number 189 from an edition of 250 bronze examples and fifty silver examples plus eight gold artist's proofs and four silver artist's proofs.
This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, no. M/81-82/1.
LITERATURE:
J. Creiser, "Nouvelle mode: des cadeaux signés par des artistes," Le Figaro Magazine, Paris, n. 11909, December 1982, p. 179 (another example illustrated).
ii.
Disco
incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'Arnaldo Pomodoro 09 p.a.' (on the base)
bronze with gold patina
5 5/8 x 5 ½ x 4 ¼ in. (14.3 x 14 x 10.8 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is artist's proof number one aside from an edition of nine plus two artist's proofs.
This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, no. AP 612.
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Semiha Huber AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990
LITERATURE:
L. Torretta, "Per l’Unicef un miliardo very very vip," Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, 19 November 1989 (another example illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo II, Milan, 2007, p. 689, no. 855 (another example illustrated).
EXHIBITED:
Novara, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, May-June 1989 (another example exhibited).
iii.
Sfera
incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'A Pomodoro 106/150' (upper edge)
bronze with gold patina
6 x 6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is number 106 from an edition of 150 plus four in Roman numerals plus one artist's proof.
This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, no. M/83/2.
LITERATURE:
"Arnaldo Pomodoro est un ciseleur de cosmos," Le Figaro Magazine, Paris, no. 11886, 20 November 1982, p. 167 (another example illustrated).
"Arnaldo Pomodoro est un ciseleur de cosmos" Le Figaro Magazine, Paris, no. 11897, 11 December 1982, p. 135 (another example illustrated).
F. Maubert, "Arnaldo Pomodoro, bâtisseur du rêve," L'Œil, Paris, nos. 330-331, January-February 1983, p. 107, no. 6 (another example illustrated).
E. Bollettin, "Repetita iuvant. Tributi artistici col piacere di citare," Il Mattino, Padua, 20 March 2014, p. 47 (another example illustrated).
EXHIBITED:
Lugano, Imago Art Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Sculptures from 1963 to 2011, April-July 2012 (another example exhibited).
Milan, Studio Marconi '65, Multipli d'artista, November 2012-January 2013 (another example exhibited).
Padua, Galleria La Rinascente, Repetita Iuvant: Il multiplo d’autore del Novecento, March-April 2014, p. 6 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
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Scatola & Disco & Sfera (Three Works)
i.
Scatola
incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'A Pomodoro 189/250' (upper right)
bronze with gold patina
2 x 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (5.1 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm.)
Executed in 1981/1982. This work is number 189 from an edition of 250 bronze examples and fifty silver examples plus eight gold artist's proofs and four silver artist's proofs.
This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, no. M/81-82/1.
LITERATURE:
J. Creiser, "Nouvelle mode: des cadeaux signés par des artistes," Le Figaro Magazine, Paris, n. 11909, December 1982, p. 179 (another example illustrated).
ii.
Disco
incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'Arnaldo Pomodoro 09 p.a.' (on the base)
bronze with gold patina
5 5/8 x 5 ½ x 4 ¼ in. (14.3 x 14 x 10.8 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is artist's proof number one aside from an edition of nine plus two artist's proofs.
This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, no. AP 612.
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Semiha Huber AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990
LITERATURE:
L. Torretta, "Per l’Unicef un miliardo very very vip," Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, 19 November 1989 (another example illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo II, Milan, 2007, p. 689, no. 855 (another example illustrated).
EXHIBITED:
Novara, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, May-June 1989 (another example exhibited).
iii.
Sfera
incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'A Pomodoro 106/150' (upper edge)
bronze with gold patina
6 x 6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is number 106 from an edition of 150 plus four in Roman numerals plus one artist's proof.
This work is registered in Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, no. M/83/2.
LITERATURE:
"Arnaldo Pomodoro est un ciseleur de cosmos," Le Figaro Magazine, Paris, no. 11886, 20 November 1982, p. 167 (another example illustrated).
"Arnaldo Pomodoro est un ciseleur de cosmos" Le Figaro Magazine, Paris, no. 11897, 11 December 1982, p. 135 (another example illustrated).
F. Maubert, "Arnaldo Pomodoro, bâtisseur du rêve," L'Œil, Paris, nos. 330-331, January-February 1983, p. 107, no. 6 (another example illustrated).
E. Bollettin, "Repetita iuvant. Tributi artistici col piacere di citare," Il Mattino, Padua, 20 March 2014, p. 47 (another example illustrated).
EXHIBITED:
Lugano, Imago Art Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Sculptures from 1963 to 2011, April-July 2012 (another example exhibited).
Milan, Studio Marconi '65, Multipli d'artista, November 2012-January 2013 (another example exhibited).
Padua, Galleria La Rinascente, Repetita Iuvant: Il multiplo d’autore del Novecento, March-April 2014, p. 6 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
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