Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)

Torre a spirale, I (Spiral Tower, I)

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Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)
Torre a spirale, I (Spiral Tower, I)
incised with the artist's signature, number and date 'Arnaldo Pomodoro '85. 03 p.a.' (on the base)
bronze with gold patina
90 ½ x 25 1/8 x 25 1/8in. (230 x 64 x 64cm.)
Executed in 1985, this work is the artist's proof from an edition of three plus one artist's proof

Galerie Semiha Huber, Zurich.
Private Collection, Switzerland.

D. Eccher, 'Pomodoro, Mazzonelli, Benati e Middendorf' in Adige, Trento 1986 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 3).
H. Martin, 'The World' in ArtNews, New York September 1986 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 56).
A. Tagliacarne, 'Arnaldo Pomodoro: i segni che vengono da lontano' in Vivere a Milano, Milan Autumn1986, no. 8, III (another from the edition illustrated, p. 35).
A. Buriana, 'Nicola Trussardi' in AD, Milan May 1987, no. 72, VIII (another fibreglas example illustrated).
L. Thorn Petit, Portraits d'Artistes, Paris 1987 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 137).
'A Bergamo tra antico e moderno', in Magazine Italiano, Assago 26 March 1988 (another from the edition illustrated).
A. Perego, 'I difficili confini tra arte e design' in Auto & Design 47, Turin January-February 1988, no. 6, IX (another from the edition illustrated, p. 18).
D. Muti, 'Il linguaggio dei segni' in Casa Viva, Segrate 1991, no. 214, XIX (another from the edition illustrated, p. 385).
F. Gualdoni (ed.), Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Tomo II, Milan 2007, no. 761 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 651).

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‘Klee and Brancusi were my putative fathers, but I owe a great deal to the United States for awakening this new consciousness. In Europe, nobody understands why works of art in the US became so oversized; Europeans attribute that to an excess of exhibitionism or a misunderstood sense of monumentalism. In the USA I understood that the problem was to confront a limitless space completely different from our own. New York is an extraordinary city, the city of skyscrapers.’ ARNALDO POMODORO

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