Arnaldo Pomodoro Sfera
Arnaldo Pomodoro
1926 - 2025
Sfera
incised with the artist's signature, titled, dated 67 and numbered 2/2 (on the edge of the base)
bronze with gold patina, on artist's Plexiglass base
diameter: 81 cm. 31⅞ in.
base: 6.8 by 80.2 by 80.2 cm. 2⅝ by 31½ by 31½ in.
overall: 87.8 by 81 by 81 cm. 34½ by 31⅞ by 31⅞ in.
Executed in 1967, this work is number 2 from an edition of 2, plus 1 artist's proof.
This work is registered in the archives of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, under the number AA 2026.10/02.
Provenance:
Marlborough Gallery, Rome
The Schulhof Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1972)
Christie's, New York, 15 November 2012, lot 183 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature:
Florence Berkman, "Pomodoro's Sculptures at the Atheneum Really Not So Strange," Hartford Times, 9 May 1971, illustrated
Flaminio Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Vol. II, Milan 2007, no. 438, p. 536, illustration of another example
Carolina Pasti, A Life with Artists: Hannelore and Rudolph Schulhof, New York 2016, p. 111, illustration in colour of another example
Arnaldo Pomodoro
1926 - 2025
Sfera
incised with the artist's signature, titled, dated 67 and numbered 2/2 (on the edge of the base)
bronze with gold patina, on artist's Plexiglass base
diameter: 81 cm. 31⅞ in.
base: 6.8 by 80.2 by 80.2 cm. 2⅝ by 31½ by 31½ in.
overall: 87.8 by 81 by 81 cm. 34½ by 31⅞ by 31⅞ in.
Executed in 1967, this work is number 2 from an edition of 2, plus 1 artist's proof.
This work is registered in the archives of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, under the number AA 2026.10/02.
Provenance:
Marlborough Gallery, Rome
The Schulhof Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1972)
Christie's, New York, 15 November 2012, lot 183 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature:
Florence Berkman, "Pomodoro's Sculptures at the Atheneum Really Not So Strange," Hartford Times, 9 May 1971, illustrated
Flaminio Gualdoni, ed., Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Vol. II, Milan 2007, no. 438, p. 536, illustration of another example
Carolina Pasti, A Life with Artists: Hannelore and Rudolph Schulhof, New York 2016, p. 111, illustration in colour of another example
