Arnaldo Pomodoro (1926) - Sculpture

Very beautiful medals created by Arnaldo Pomodoro, one in 800 silver weighing 30 grams and the other in gilt bronze, both signed, in original red velvet box, accompanied by a certificate of originality. Specimens numbered No. 1300A and 1300B. Work listed in the artist's catalog raisonné under number M174: Medal for the Republic of San Marino, 1990 silver 800; ø 4 cm minted, Stefano Johnson Foundry, Baranzate bronze; ø 4 cm minted, Stefano Johnson Foundry, Baranzate The medals were made to celebrate the visit to San Marino of the President of the Italian Republic, Francesco Cossiga, on June 11, 1990. EXHIBITIONS Solo exhibitions "Arnaldo Pomodoro 1956-1993", traveling exhibition: The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, January 15 – March 21, 1994; The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, April 16 – May 22, 1994; Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, May 31 – July 3, 1994; Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya, October 22 – December 4, 1994 (p. 81). Group exhibitions "Medaglie contemporanee dalle collezioni del Museo Bottacin", Palazzo Zuckermann, Padova, September 3 – October 17, 2010 (pp. 19, 68). "Novecento in medaglia. Omaggio a Nicola Bottacin 1805-1876", Musei Civici agli Eremitani, Padova, September 18 – November 27, 2005 (p. 84). "La medaglia contemporanea in Italia", Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, October 20 – November 30, 1995. BIBLIOGRAPHY "Medaglia", Milano, no. 26, XIX, 1991, Segnalazioni. San Marino, p. 159. Costa R., Le medaglie di Pomodoro, in "Il Giornale d'Italia", Rome, November 6, 1990, ill. p. 3. R. U., Le Cinque lire hanno il timone rovesciato!, in "Cronaca Numismatica", Naples, no. 14, November 1990, ill. p. 23. Saccarello R., Il Titano amico firmato da Pomodoro, in "Famiglia Cristiana", Milan, December 26, 1990, ill. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Bergamo, Accademia Carrara

Estimate:$308.12

View all items fromCatawikiorSilver & Gold