Lot 118
  • 118

ARNALDO POMODORO | Murale in movimento

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Arnaldo Pomodoro
  • Murale in movimento
  • incised with the artist's signature, date 83/84 and number 2/9 on the right panel
  • bronze with gold patina
  • 7 5/8 by 154 1/4 by 1 1/8 in. 19.4 by 392 by 2.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1983-1984, this work is number 2 from an edition of 9, plus one artist's proof and is catalogued in the archives of the Arnaldo Pomodoro studio with the number AP 510b.

Provenance

Private Collection, Japan
Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Arnaldo Pomodoro Luoghi Fondamentali, July - October 1984 (another example exhibited)
San Francisco, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Intimations of Egypt, April – June 1985 (another example exhibited)
New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro: References in Space – Visionary Places, March – April 1987 (another example exhibited)
Venice Design Art Gallery, I Progetti Visionari di Arnaldo Pomodoro, June - September 1988 (another example exhibited)
Zurich, Galerie Semiha Huber, Arnaldo Pomodoro, November 1988 (another example exhibited)
Rimini, Museo della Città, Arnaldo Pomodoro, June - July 1995, pp. 22-23, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Turin, Palazzo della Bibliomediateca, Arnaldo Pomodoro, December 1995 - January 1996, pp. 66-67, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Marsala, Convento del Carmine, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Opera Grafica, Progetti Visionari, Sculpture, July - October 1997, pp. 22 and 114-115, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Palazzo Geremia, Arnaldo Pomodoro / Luoghi Visionari, November 1997 (another example exhibited)
Palma de Mallorca, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Casal Balaguer, Arnaldo Pomodoro, September 1999 (another example exhibited)
Sassoferrato, Palazzo degli Scalzi, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Progetti Visionari, Scrittura su Carta, Sculpture, July - August 2001, pp. 56-57, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Chiari, Galleria d’arte L’incontro, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Sculture, October – November 2006, pp. 22-23, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Literature

Exh. Cat., New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro: References in Space - Visonary Places, March - April 1987, n.p. illustrated (fiberglass example illustrated)
Sam Hunter, Ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan 1995, pp. 298-299, illustrated
Flaminio Gualdoni, Ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro Catalogo Ragionato della Scultura, Vol. II, Milan 2007, cat no. 733, p. 638, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The work consists of two separate elements placed side by side and can be secured to a base with screws along the underside. There is some minor surface soiling, polishing agent residue and dust accumulation visible particularly to the crevices. Under close inspection, there is evidence of very minor scattered areas of oxidation and faint scattered surface scratches.
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