Lot 142
  • 142

Arnaldo Pomodoro

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Arnaldo Pomodoro
  • Guscio I (Studio)
  • incised with the artist's signature and number 3/9 on the base
  • patinated bronze on wood base
  • 12 1/2 by 8 by 5 3/4 in. 31.8 by 20.3 by 14.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1986-87, this work is number 3 from an edition of 9 plus 1 artist's proof and is catalogued in the archives of the Arnaldo Pomodoro Studio under number AP 566.

Provenance

Steven Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988

Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie Semiha Huber, Arnaldo Pomodoro, November 1988 (another example exhibited)
Novara, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, May - June 1989 (another example exhibited)
Venice Design Art Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro, September - December 1991 (another example exhibited)
Sartirana, Castello di Sartirana, Mostra Mercato dell'Antiquariato, September - October 1994 (another example exhibited)
Rome, Galleria 2RC, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Opere Grafiche 1994, December 1994 - February 1995 (another example exhibited)
Rome, Centro Direzionale Alitalia, Arnaldo Pomodoro, February - April 1995 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Flaminio Gualdoni, Ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della sculturaTomo II, Milan 2007, cat. no. 804, p. 667, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The work is securely attached to the base. There are minor surface scratches to the base. Under close inspection there is evidence of minor dust accumulation throughout.
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