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Property from a Private Canadian Collection
ARNALDO POMODORO (1926-2025)
Omaggio al cosmonauta n. 2
Details
ARNALDO POMODORO (1926-2025)
Omaggio al cosmonauta n. 2
titled and inscribed indistinctly '"OMAGGIO AL COSMONAUTA" bozzetto' (on the reverse)
bronze
overall: 36 ¾ x 32 x 7 ¼ in. (93.3 x 81.3 x 18.4 cm.)
sculpture: 32 ½ x 32 x 7 ¼ in. (82.6 x 81.3 x 18.4 cm.)
Executed in 1962. This work is from an unnumbered edition of two plus one artist's proof.
Omaggio al cosmonauta n. 2
titled and inscribed indistinctly '"OMAGGIO AL COSMONAUTA" bozzetto' (on the reverse)
bronze
overall: 36 ¾ x 32 x 7 ¼ in. (93.3 x 81.3 x 18.4 cm.)
sculpture: 32 ½ x 32 x 7 ¼ in. (82.6 x 81.3 x 18.4 cm.)
Executed in 1962. This work is from an unnumbered edition of two plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1964
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1964
Literature
R. Lebel, anthologie des formes inventées – un demi-siécle de sculpture, Paris, 1962 (another example illustrated on the front cover).
Sculture di Arnaldo Pomodoro, exh. cat., Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1984, p. 14 (another example illustrated).
P. Selz, "Semblance of Power: Arnaldo Pomodoro's Recent Sculpture," Arts Magazine, vol. 60, no. 1, September 1985, p. 124.
Arnoldo Pomodoro a Varese, exh. cat., Varese, Castello di Masnago, Rettorato dell'Universita, 1998, pp. 36 and 52 (illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Milan, 2007, p. 478, no. 290 (another example illustrated).
A. Pomodoro, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 290 (another example illustrated).
Sculture di Arnaldo Pomodoro, exh. cat., Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1984, p. 14 (another example illustrated).
P. Selz, "Semblance of Power: Arnaldo Pomodoro's Recent Sculpture," Arts Magazine, vol. 60, no. 1, September 1985, p. 124.
Arnoldo Pomodoro a Varese, exh. cat., Varese, Castello di Masnago, Rettorato dell'Universita, 1998, pp. 36 and 52 (illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Milan, 2007, p. 478, no. 290 (another example illustrated).
A. Pomodoro, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 290 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Marlborough New London Gallery, Aspects of Twentieth Century Art, July-August 1962, n.p., no. 30 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Brussels, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Arnoldo e Giò Pomodoro, February-March 1963, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Antwerp, Middelheim Museum, Recall Sculpture, October 2017-March 2018, p. 20 (another example exhibited).
Brussels, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Arnoldo e Giò Pomodoro, February-March 1963, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Antwerp, Middelheim Museum, Recall Sculpture, October 2017-March 2018, p. 20 (another example exhibited).
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