Arnaldo Pomodoro - New Now New York Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
    Estate of Jacqueline Wechsler, Pittsburgh, PA (acquired from the above)
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Tokyo, Contemporary Sculpture Center; Osaka, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Arnaldo Pomodoro, February 13–April 6, 1985, no. 14, p. 27 (another example exhibited and illustrated; titled Piramide; dated 1983–1984)
    San Francisco, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Intimations of Egypt, April 25–June 12, 1985 (another example exhibited and illustrated on the cover, dated 1984)
    Linate-Orly, Artistes Italiens, July 1985 (another example exhibited)
    Santa Barbara, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Sculpture, August 23–October 2, 1985, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Sculpture for Public Spaces: Maquettes, Models and Proposals, January–February 1986, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated, dated 1984)
    Milan, Studio Marconi, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Papiri e altre forme, April 8–May 7, 1986, n.p. (another example exhibited)
    Novara, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, May 20–June 20, 1989, n.p. (another example exhibited)
    Rezzato, Villa Fenaroli, La pietra e il bronzo. Sculture, May 7–June 8, 1988, p. 36 (another example exhibited)
    Milan, Galleria Blu, La scultura, lingua morta?, November 30, 1999–February 12, 2000, p. 79 (another example exhibited)
    Chiari, Galleria d'arte L'Incontro, Le forme del bianco, October 10–December 10, 2015, p. 59 (another variant exhibited and illustrated)

  • Literature

    Y. Masuda, "Il simbolo della città europea contemporanea. La struttura dell'oggetto," Yomiuri Shimbun, March 19, 1985 (another example illustrated)
    Peter Selz, "Semblance of Power: Arnaldo Pomodoro's Recent Sculpture," Arts Magazine, no. 1, vol. 60, September 1985, p. 125 (another example illustrated, dated 1984)
    "Grazia," Segrate, no. 2357, April 27, 1986, p. 36 (another example illustrated)
    Luciano Caramel, "Fra piramidi e papiri," Il Giornale Nuovo, Milan, April 20, 1986 (another example illustrated)
    Giogio Verzotti, "Arnaldo Pomodoro, Davide Benati," Flash Art, June 1986 (another example illustrated)
    Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, "Le crepe e l'avanguardia," Panorama, no. 1053, vol. XXIV, June 22, 1986, p. 23 (another example illustrated)
    Sarenco, "L'età del bronzo," Lotta poetica, no. 2, vol. I, November 1987, p. 5 (another example illustrated)
    Sam Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, 1995, pl. 112, pp. 139, 148–149 (larger version illustrated, p. 148; dated 1983–1987)
    Guido Ballo, "Il mistero del segno," Arte in, no. 55, vol. XI, May–June 1998, p. 32 (another example illustrated)
    Flaminio Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, vol. II, Milan, 2007, no. 711, p. 628 (another example illustrated)
    Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogue Raisonné, no. 711 (AP 510), online (another example illustrated)

Property From An Important American Collection

173

Asse del Movimento I (Axis of Movement)

incised with the artist's signature, number and date “Arnaldo Pomodoro p.a 1983” lower edge
cast bronze
22 3/4 x 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (57.8 x 54 x 46.4 cm)
Executed in 1983, this work is an artist proof from an edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs.

This work is registered in the Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan under number 510.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $76,200

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New York Auction 12 March 2024