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ARNALDO POMODORO (1926-2025)
Rotante a fori e canali
incised with the artist's signature, title, number and date '"ROTANTE A FORI E CANALI" ,1967 Arnaldo Pomodoro 1/2' (on the base)
bronze on Plexiglas base
1212 x 1134 x 1134 in. (31.8 x 29.8 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1967. This work is number one from an edition of two plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Private collection
Literature
F. Berkman, "Pomodoro's Sculptures at the Atheneum Really not so Strange…," in Times, Hartford, Connecticut, May 9 1971, n.p. (another example illustrated).
G. Di Genova, Generazione anni venti, exhibition catalogue "Generazione anni venti. Ia Biennale Nazionale d'Arte Contemporanea", Rieti, 1980, p. 172 (another example illustrated).
G. Brähammar and K.Garmer, Moderna mästare, Malmö, 1981, pp. 366-367 (another example illustrated).
G. Di Genova G., Storia dell'arte italiana del '900 - generazione anni venti, Bologna, 1991, p. 331, no. 483 (another example illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Vol. II, Milan, 2007, p. 538, no. 443 (another example illustrated).
Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 443 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Milan, Studio Marconi, Le sculture di Arnaldo Pomodoro, April-May 1968 (another example exhibited).
Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Scultura Internazionale, April-May 1968, n.p., no. 37 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
London, Marlborough New London Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro, July- August 1968, n.p., no. 5 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Arnaldo Pomodoro Werke 1959-1969, July- August 1969, n.p., no. 7 (another example exhibited).
Zurich, Galerie Semiha Huber, Arnaldo Pomodoro, 1969 (another example exhibited).
University Art Museum, Berkeley; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego; Portland Art Museum; Austin, University of Texas, University Art Museum and Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Sculpture 1960-1970, May 1970-July 1971, n.p., no. 17 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Darmstadt, Freiräume und Foyers des Staatstheaters, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Grossplastiken, October 1972, n.p., no. 9 (another example exhibited).
Munich, Galerie Stangl, Arnaldo Pomodoro '72, May-July 1972, n.p., no.6 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
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