Arnaldo Pomodoro - Editions & Works on Paper: Online Auction New York Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “…breaking these perfect, magic forms in order to reveal its internal ferment, mysterious and alive, monstrous and yet pure; so I create a discordant tension, a conflict,
    with the polished shine: a unity composed of incompleteness.”
    —Arnaldo Pomodoro

    Known for his monumental sculptures and public installation, Arnaldo Pomodoro’s editioned works invoke this renowned sculptural style incorporating rectilinear forms, serrated shapes, and complex patterning. These smaller pieces relate to Pomodoro’s earliest works from the 1950s. The compressed, diminutive reliefs predating his foray into colossal sizing. Interested in the themes of destruction and regeneration, Pomodoro’s free-standing works reconstitute fundamental geometric forms (such as spheres, cubes, and columns), ripped open to reveal layers of intricate detailing. The fractured and corroded sculptures blossom with perforated, gear-like interiors, an approach developed by Pomodoro known as ‘negative spatiality.’ As with the large-scale works, his editions simultaneously inhabit the ancient and futuristic, as mysterious and imaginative relics imbued with universally archaic forms.

    • Provenance

      Modern Design Connection, Germany
      Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans (acquired from the above in 2021)
      Thence by descent to the present owners

    • Literature

      Arnaldo Pomodoro Online Catalogue Raisonné M24

    • Catalogue Essay

      "The edition was made on the occasion of the one-man show Arnaldo Pomodoro: Großplastiken, Freiräume und Foyers des Staatstheater, Darmstadt, [Germany], 1972." - Arnaldo Pomodoro Online Catalogue Raisonné

Property from the Collection of Thomas B. Lemann

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Custodia per catalogo mostra a Darmstadt (Case for exhibition catalog in Darmstadt) (A.P. M24)

1972
Silver plated fiberglass multiple, on a cardboard and linen case lid, lacking the exhibition catalogue Arnoldo Pomodoro: Großplastiken, 1972.
9 x 9 x 3/4 in. (22.9 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm)
Signed and numbered 35/100 in pencil on the case lid (there were also some artist's proofs).

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$1,000 - 1,500 

Sold for $826

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