Giò Pomodoro (Italian, 1930–2002)

LOT ID: 44576

Sole Produttore, 1974

Bronze

46.5 х 46.5 х 1.6 in. cm.

Signed, inscribed, Signed and Numbered, '9/10' on side

Foundry/Publisher Arser Edizioni

Lot description

Giò Pomodoro (1935-2002)

Sole Produttore 1 Bronze sculpture, signed and numbered 9 out of an edition of 10 with a certificate of authenticity with signature in pencil by the artist.

The Sole Produttore series, consists of 6 different sculptures of the same size, they figure within the Yorkshire Sculpture Park' collection where they have been installed permanently.

Gio' Pomodoro's work is widely known in Europe, the United States, South America, Israel, and Japan. He was born in 1930 in Orciano di Pesaro, where he attended the Technical School for Land-Surveyors. In the mid-'50s, he moved to Milan. He began exhibiting in 1954 at the Galleria Numero in Florence and the Galleria Montenapoleone in Milan. By 1955, he was showing at the best Italian galleries of the time: Galleria del Cavallino (Venice), Galleria del Naviglio (Milan), and Galleria dell'Obelisco (Rome), which belonged to Gaspero del Corso who also had a gallery in New York. In 1956 he was invited to the Venice Biennale, and in 1959 he exhibited in Kassel at Documenta II. At the beginning of the '60s, Pomodoro was an established sculptor with a long curriculum of solo exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. Pomodoro's more than 100 solo exhibitions include shows at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; the Kölnische Kunstverein in Cologne, and the 1962 Venice Biennale. He has participated in the São Paulo Biennial, and his work has been included in many important museum shows, including "The Italian Metamorphosis 1943-1968" at the Guggenheim Museum. His public sculptures can be found in such cities as Prato, Milan, Frankfurt, Lugano, and Tel Aviv; other works are been acquired by museums and private collections around the world, including the Tate Gallery in London, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, and the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome.

In year 2002 the Artist achieved the prestigious Lifetime Award in contemporary Sculpture previously won by famous artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Anthony Caro, Robert Rauschenberg, Eduardo Chillida and Claes Oldenburg.
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Giò Pomodoro "Pietre e Marmi" a cura di A. Del Guercio.
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Yorkshire Sculture Park, Wakefield (Uk)
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Item Location: Italy
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