Arnaldo Pomodoro - New Now New York Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
    Private Collection (acquired from the above)
    Sotheby’s, New York, July 17, 2020, lot 234
    Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans (acquired at the above sale)
    Thence by descent to the present owners

  • Exhibited

    Ancona, Galleria del Falconiere, Arnaldo Pomodoro, November 1984 (another example exhibited)
    Tokyo, Contemporary Sculpture Center; Osaka, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Arnaldo Pomodoro, February 13–April 6, 1985, pp. 24–25 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    San Francisco, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Intimations of Egypt, April 25–June 12, 1985 (another example exhibited)
    New York, Marisa Del Re Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro. References in Space-Visionary Places, March–April 1987, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Venice Design Art Gallery, I progetti visionari di Arnaldo Pomodoro, June 18–September 30, 1988 (another example exhibited)
    Zurich, Galerie Semiha Huber, Arnaldo Pomodoro, November 3, 1988 (another example exhibited)
    Novara, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, May 20–June 20, 1989 (another example exhibited)
    Kanagawa, The Hakone Open-Air Museum; Toyama, The Museum of Modern Art; Kurashiki, Ohara Museum of Art; Nishinomiya, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Arnaldo Pomodoro 1956–1993, January 15–December 4, 1994, no. 22, pp. 58, 101 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 58)
    Finalborgo, Chiostri di Santa Caterina, Oratorio de' Disciplinanti, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Sculture e grafiche, September 20–November 10, 1997, p. 30 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Milan, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, La Collezione Permanente, 2007, p. 79 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Turin, Palazzo Reale, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Il teatro scolpito, September 28–November 25, 2012 (another example exhibited)
    Terni, CAOS. Centro Arti Opificio Siri, Arnaldo Pomodoro, October 11–January 18, 2014 (another example exhibited and illustrated)

  • Literature

    Luoghi fondamentali, Arnaldo Pomodoro, exh. cat., Forte di Belvedere, Florence, 1984, nos. 174, 176, pp. 182–183 (another example illustrated)
    Peter Selz, "Semblance of Power: Arnaldo Pomodoro's Recent Sculpture," Arts Magazine, no. 1, vol. 60, New York, September 1985, p. 125
    Francesco Leonetti and Eleonora Fiorani, "Fuori del mito," Alfabeta, no. 78, VII, Milan, November 1985
    Arnaldo Pomodoro, exh. cat., Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, 1987, n.p. (another example illustrated)
    Colpo d'ala di Arnaldo Pomodoro, Rome, 1988, pp. 94–95 (another example illustrated)
    Elisabetta Cristallini, Marcello Fabbri and Antonella Greco, Gibellina una città per una società estetica, Rome, 2004, p. 100
    Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, ed., Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, La Collezione permanente, Milan, 2007, p. 79 (another example illustrated)
    Flaminio Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo I, Milan 2007, p. 177 (another example illustrated)
    Flaminio Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo II, Milan 2007, no. 721 (AP 486), p. 633 (another example illustrated)
    Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogue Raisonné, no. 721 (AP 486), online (another example illustrated)
    Massimo Olivetti, "Oltre l'invenzione scenografica," Corriere dell'Arte, Turin, no. 17, XVIII, October 12, 2012, pp. 1–2 (another example illustrated, p. 1)
    Alessandro Beltrami, "Libero e fantastico: il teatro di Pomodoro," Avvenire, Milan, no. 262, XLV, November 4, 2012, p. 27 (another example illustrated)

Property from the Collection of Thomas B. Lemann

178

La macchina (Egisto), studio

incised with the artist's signature, title, number and date "Arnaldo Pomodoro '83 "La macchina" 6/9" on the base
bronze with gold plating
12 x 9 x 6 in. (31.1 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm)
Executed in 1983, this work is number 6 from an edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $35,560

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New York Auction 27 September 2023