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This work is recorded in the archives of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro under number 409b.
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Porta d'Europa
Details
Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
Porta d'Europa
bronze with golden and brown patina, on a metal base with two sliding tracks for the doors
34 7/8 x 48½ x 21 in. (88.6 x 123.2 x 53.3 cm.)
Cast circa 1978-79, this work is number two in an edition of nine plus one artist's proof
Porta d'Europa
bronze with golden and brown patina, on a metal base with two sliding tracks for the doors
34 7/8 x 48½ x 21 in. (88.6 x 123.2 x 53.3 cm.)
Cast circa 1978-79, this work is number two in an edition of nine plus one artist's proof
Provenance
Art Program, Milan.
Literature
H. Martin, in Art International, Lugano, January, 1982, p. 104 (another cast illustrated p. 106).
S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, 1995, p. 280 (another cast illustrated pp. 286, 287, 288-289).
Lupetti (ed.) Scritti critici per Arnaldo Pomodoro e opere dell'artista 1955-2000, Milan, 2000 (another cast illustrated p. 345).
Exh. cat., Arnaldo Pomodoro. Le opere e i libri, Milan, 2001, p. 15 (another cast illustrated).
S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, 1995, p. 280 (another cast illustrated pp. 286, 287, 288-289).
Lupetti (ed.) Scritti critici per Arnaldo Pomodoro e opere dell'artista 1955-2000, Milan, 2000 (another cast illustrated p. 345).
Exh. cat., Arnaldo Pomodoro. Le opere e i libri, Milan, 2001, p. 15 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Florence, Forte del Belvedere, Arnaldo Pomodoro, July-October 1984, no. 162 (illustrated p. 163).
Venice, Venice Design Art Gallery, I progetti visionari di Arnaldo Pomodoro, June-September 1988.
Venice, Venice Design Art Gallery, I progetti visionari di Arnaldo Pomodoro, June-September 1988.
Special notice
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