Lot 171
  • 171

Arnaldo Pomodoro

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Arnaldo Pomodoro
  • La Macchina
  • signé, titré et numéroté 9/9
  • bronze
  • 30,5 x 23 x 15 cm; 12 x 9 1/16 x 5 15/16 in.
  • Exécutée en 1983, cette oeuvre est le numéro 9 d'une édition de 9 exemplaires plus 2 épreuves d'artiste.

Provenance

Collection particulière, Monaco

Exhibited

Ancona, Galleria del Falconiere, Arnaldo Pomodoro, novembre 1984 (autre exemplaire)
San Francisco, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Intimations of Egypt, 25 avril - 12 juin 1985 (autre exemplaire)
Tokyo, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Arnaldo Pomodoro, 13 février - 8 mars 1985; catalogue, pp. 24-25, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Venise, Venice Design Art Gallery, I progetti visionari di Arnaldo Pomodoro, 18 juin - 30 septembre 1988 (autre exemplaire)
Zurich, Galerie Semiha Huber, Arnaldo Pomodoro, novembre 1988 (autre exemplaire)
Kanagawa, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Arnaldo Pomodoro 1956-1993, 15 janvier - 21 mars 1994; catalogue, p. 58, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Finalborgo, Chiostri di Santa Caterina, Oratorio de' Disciplinanti, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Sculture e grafiche, 20 septembre - 10 novembre 1997; catalogue, p. 30, illustré (autre exemplaire)

Literature

F. Leonetti, E. Fiorani, Fuori del mito, in "Alfabeta", Milan, 1985
Selz 1985, p. 125 (autre exemplaire)
S. Agosti, Genesi e vicenda della forma, Ferrara, 1987, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Colpo d'ala di Arnaldo Pomodoro, Rome, 1988, pp. 92-93, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Flaminio Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Catalogue Ragionato della scultura, Vol. II, Milan, 2007, no. 721, pp. 177, 633, illustré, illustré en couleurs (autre exemplaire)

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. There is light oxidation visible in the cavities of the work, inherent to the medium. The base presents some oxidation spots. One of the upper corners presents a slight wear. This work is in good original condition.
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