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ARNALDO POMODORO (b. 1926)
Porte del Sapere II
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Arnaldo Pomodoro, 1989 9/9 "Porte del Sapere" II' (on the base)
bronze
19 7/8 x 20 x 9 5/8 in. (50.3 x 50.8 x 24.4 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is number nine from an edition of nine plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996
Literature
"Pomodoro ha donato al Museo la preziosa "Porta del sapere," Il Mattino dell'Alto Adige, Bolzano, June 15, 1994 (another example illustrated).
A. Baldassarre, "A Pomodoro of varying shapes", Tandem Corriere Canadese/Weekend Edition, Toronto, January 1996, p. 17 (another example illustrated).
A. Baldassarre, "Pomodoro espone a Toronto," Corriere Canadese, Toronto, January 1996, p. 3 (another example illustrated).
"News", Arte - Arnaldo Pomodoro Mostra, Toronto, January-August 1996 (another example illustrated).
D. Hanna, "Arnaldo Pomodoro's Dreams of Grandeur," Now, Toronto, February 1996, p. 62 (another example illustrated).
L. B. Balfour, "Pomodoro Makes a Grand Entrance," The Sunday Sun, Toronto, February 1996, p. 10 (another example illustrated).
L. Caprile, Arnaldo Pomodoro Finalborgo, 1997, p. 13 (another example illustrated).
F. N. Buzio, "Uno squarcio sul mistero," La Prealpina, Varese, December 1998, p. 33 (another example illustrated).
R. Ferrario, "I "segni" eterni della memoria," La Provincia, Como, December 1998 (another example illustrated).
R. Dionigi, "Arnaldo Pomodoro a Varese," Archivio delle Arti, Mantua, January 1999, p. 24 (another example illustrated).
L. Cavadini, "Arnaldo Pomodoro a Varese," Weekend, La Provincia, Como, February 1999, p. 8 (another example illustrated).
F. N. Buzio, "Quell'Ulisse del nostro tempo che si è fermato a Varese," La Prealpina, Varese, February 26, 1999 (another example illustrated).
D. Carrier, Five Sculptures by Arnaldo Pomodoro Stanford, 2000, pp. 62 and 63 (another example illustrated).
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro Pensare la pagina, Milan, 2001, p. 15 (another example illustrated).
"News", Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Chicago, IL, January-June, 2002, Art-Sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro ill. cover.
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Milan, 2007, no. 853, p. 688 (another example illustrated).
M. Zanzi, Enigma uomo: oltre la maschera, oltre il confine, in Oltre la maschera oltre il confine, curated by M. Zanzi, VerdeSalute, Ravenna, 2009, pp. 166 and 168 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Venice Design Art Gallery, Arnaldo Pomodoro September - November 1991 (another example exhibited).
Castello di Sartirana, Mostra mercato dell'antiquariato, September 17 - October 1994 (another example exhibited).
Brescia, Manuela Allegrini arte contemporanea, Arnaldo Pomodoro April - May 1995 (another example exhibited).
Cesena, Rocca Malatestiana, Galleria Comunale ex Pescheria, Arnaldo Pomodoro June - September 1995, pp. 78-79 (another example exhibited).
Toronto, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Arnaldo Pomodoro Dreams, January - February 1996 (another example exhibited).
São Paulo, Espaço Cultural Sudameris, Arnaldo Pomodoro March - April 1996, n.p. (another example exhibited).
Forte dei Marmi, Studio Saudino, Arnaldo Pomodoro August 1996 (another example exhibited).
Marsala, ex Convento del Carmine, Arnaldo Pomodoro Opera grafica, progetti visionari, sculture, July - October 1997, pp. 110-111 (another example exhibited).
Trento, Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Palazzo Geremia, Arnaldo Pomodoro/Luoghi Visionari, November 1997 (another example exhibited).
Varese, Rettorato dell'Università, Castello di Masnago, piazza della Repubblica, Arnaldo Pomodoro a Varese, December 1998 - March 1999, pp. 88-89 (another example exhibited).