(born in Morciano di Romagna/Rimini in 1926)
Cippo I, 1983–1984, signed, dated and numbered Arnaldo Pomodoro 83/84, 1/2, bronze, 230 x 149.5 x 75 cm, edition of 2 examples + 1 A. P.

The work is registered in the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan under the archive no. AP 499.

Provenance:
European Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)

Exhibited:
Gubbio, Dialoghi nell’arte, Palazzo Ducale, 16 June – 30 September 1984, exh. cat. p. 59 with ill.;
Chicago, Chicago International Art Exposition, 8-13 May 1985, exh. cat. with ill.;
San Francisco, Intimations of Egypt, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 25 April – 16 June 1985, exh. cat. pp. 14, 19, 27 with ill.;
Milan, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Papiri e altre forme, Studio Marconi, 1986, exh. cat. with ill.;
Malcesine, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Castello di Malcesine, 25 July – 29 August 1987, exh. cat. no. 19 with ill.;
New York, Arnaldo Pomodoro. References in space – Visionary Places, Marisa del Re Gallery, March – April 1987, exh. cat. with ill.;
Venice, XLIII Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Giardini di Castello, 26 June – 25 September 1988, exh. cat. p. 76 with ill.;
Zurich, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Galerie Semiha Huber, November 1988;
Novara, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, 20 May – 21 June 1989;
Pergola, Le stagioni della scultura, Comune di Pergola, 24 July – 2 October 1994;
Rome, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Centro Direzionale Alitalia, 23 February – 4 April 1994;
Sartirana, Mostra mercato dell’antiquariato, Castello di Sartirana, 17 October – 2 October 1994;
Ancona, Premio Marche 1994. Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea, Mole Vanvitelliana, 18 December 1994 – 31 January 1995, exh. cat. pp. 93-94 with ill.;
Rimini, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Museo della Città, 10 June – 30 July 1995, exh. cat. pp. 25-26-27 with ill.;
Terni, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Palazzo della Bibliomediatica, 3 December 1995 – 7 January 1996, exh. cat. p. 65 with ill.;
Finalborgo, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Sculture e grafiche, Chiostri di Santa Caterina, Oratorio de’ Disciplinati, 20 September – 10 November 1997, exh. cat. p. 37 with ill.;
Seoul, Arte Italiana, Gana Art Center, 21 October – 7 November 1999;
Paris, Arnaldo Pomodoro dans les Jardins du Palais Royal. Sculptures 1962-2000, Jardins du Palais Royal, 15 April – 31 August 2002, exh. cat. pp. 78-79 with ill.

Literature:
Forme nel Verde : Scultori contemporanei per un giardino del Cinquecento, catalogue of the Exhibition hel at Horti Leonini, San Quirico d’Orcia, 1985, p. 109 with ill.
P. Selz, Semblance of Power: Arnaldo Pomodoro’s Recent Sculpture, in “Arts Magazine”, New York , September 1985, no.1, vol. 60, pp. 124-125 with ill.
R. Barilli, In quelle solenni impronte il segreto di Arnaldo Pomodoro, in “Corriere della Sera”, 9 April 1986, with ill.
L. Caprile, Bronzo-Egitto. Un tragitto, in “Il Mattino”, Naples 1986, with ill.
L. Caprile, Omaggio a Kandinsky nel parco St. Cloud, in “Il Sole 24 Ore”, Milan 16 February 1986, with ill.
M. Causa Picone, Il Moderno nel Forte, in “Il Mattino”, Naples 18 November 1986, with ill.
G. Chiarini, Firenze e l’Arte Contemporanea, in “La Città”, Florence, 1986, p. 9 with ill.
Firenze e l’arte contemporanea – Collezioni donazioni fondazioni, catalogue of the exhibition held at Forte di Belvedere, Florence, 1986, p. 6 with ill.
R. Peraro, Sono artista non educatore, La Provincia Pavese, Pavia, 25 July 1986, with ill.
A.C.Quintavalle, Le Crepe e l’avanguardia, in “Panorama”, Milan 1986, no. 1053, XXIV, p. 23 with ill.
E. Ritter, Milano: Arnaldo Pomodoro alla Galleria Marconi, in “Vogue Italia”, Milan, June 1986 with ill.
Numanascultura, catalogue of the exhibition held at Palazzo del Comune, Numana, 1987, p. 70 with ill.
Sarenco, L’età del bronzo, in “Lotta Poetica”, Florence, November 1987, no. 2, I, p. 9 with ill.
L. Thorn-Petit, Portraits d’Artistes, Ed. RTL, Paris 1987, p. 137 with ill. 
Artisti contemporanei italiani a Mosca, catalogue of the exhibition held at Central House of the Artist. Moscow, 1988, p. 86 with ill.
D. De Maio, Arnaldo Pomodoro: il tormento della materia, in “Progetto Ufficio”, Milan, May-June 1990, with ill.
Luce, Milan, October – November 1990, with ill.
A. Forbice, Le opera d’arte non vanno supertassate, in “Lavoro Società”, Rome, July - August 1991, p. 95 with ill.
A. Forbice, Ma lo Stato può fare molto. Ecco alcune idee…, in “Lavoro e Società”, Rome, November 1991, with ill.
D. De Maio, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Il tormento della materia, in “Arte & Cornice”, Milan 1993, p. 34 with ill.
S. Kaneko, Geometrical forms of Arnaldo Pomodoro, in “Art Vision”, Tokyo, no. 2, vol. 21, 1993, p. 58 with ill.
A. Elkann, Arnaldo Pomodoro: sono schiavo del bronzo, in “Amica”, Milan, no. 23, 6 June 1994, p. 58 with ill.
H. Martin, Arnaldo Pomodoro: 7 Sculture, in the catalogue of the exhibition held at Museion, Bolzano, 1994, pp. 14-15
S. Reggiori, Un’oasi nella nebbia, in “Casa Oggi”, Milan, 1994, no. 234, p. 34 with ill.
S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Fabbri Editori ed., Milan 1995, pp. 139-140
Scritti critici per Arnaldo Pomodoro 2000, pp. 180, 347 with ill.
Masoero, Altre sfere, in “Vernissage. Il giornale dell’Arte”, Turin 2002, no. 28, June 2002, p. 4 with ill.
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Skira, Geneva – Milan 2007, vol. I, p. 180 with colour ill., vol. II, p. 638, no. 734 with ill

The work is registered in the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan under the archive no. AP 499.

Provenance:
European Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)

Exhibited:
Gubbio, Dialoghi nell’arte, Palazzo Ducale, 16 June – 30 September 1984, exh. cat. p. 59 with ill.;
Chigaco, Chicago International Art Exposition, 8-13 May 1985, exh. cat. with ill.;
San Francisco, Intimations of Egypt, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 25 April – 16 June 1985, exh. cat. pp. 14, 19, 27 with ill.;
Milan, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Papiri e altre forme, Studio Marconi, 1986, exh. cat. with ill.;
Malcesine, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Castello di Malcesine, 25 July – 29 August 1987, exh. cat. no. 19 with ill.;
New York, Arnaldo Pomodoro. References in space – Visionary Places, Marisa del Re Gallery, March – April 1987, exh. cat. with ill.;
Venice, XLIII Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Giardini di Castello, 26 June – 25 September 1988, exh. cat. p. 76 with ill.;
Zurich, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Galerie Semiha Huber, November 1988;
Novara, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Palazzo del Broletto, Galleria Sorrenti, 20 May – 21 June 1989;
Pergola, Le stagioni della scultura, Comune di Pergola, 24 July – 2 October 1994;
Rome, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Centro Direzionale Alitalia, 23 February – 4 April 1994;
Sartirana, Mostra mercato dell’antiquariato, Castello di Sartirana, 17 October – 2 October 1994;
Ancona, Premio Marche 1994. Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea, Mole Vanvitelliana, 18 December 1994 – 31 January 1995, exh. cat. pp. 93-94 with ill.;
Rimini, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Museo della Città, 10 June – 30 July 1995, exh. cat. pp. 25-26-27 with ill.;
Terni, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Palazzo della Bibliomediatica, 3 December 1995 – 7 January 1996, exh. cat. p. 65 with ill.;
Finalborgo, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Sculture e grafiche, Chiostri di Santa Caterina, Oratorio de’ Disciplinati, 20 September – 10 November 1997, exh. cat. p. 37 with ill.;
Seul, Arte Italia, Gana Art Center, 21 October – 7 November 1999;
Paris, Arnaldo Pomodoro dans le Jardins du Palais Royal. Sculptures 1962-2000, Jardins du Palais Royal, 15 April – 31 August 2002, exh. cat. pp. 78-79 with ill.

Literature:
Forme nel Verde : Scultori contemporanei per un giardino del Cinquecento, catalogue of the Exhibition hel at Horti Leonini, San Quirico d’Orcia, 1985, p. 109 with ill.
P. Selz, Semblance of Power: Arnaldo Pomodoro’s Recent Sculpture, in “Arts Magazine”, New York , September 1985, no.1, vol. 60, pp. 124-125 with ill.
R. Barilli, In quelle solenni impronte il segreto di Arnaldo Pomodoro, in “Corriere della Sera”, 9 April 1986, with ill.
L. Caprile, Bronzo-Egitto. Un tragitto, in “Il Mattino”, Naples 1986, with ill.
L. Caprile, Omaggio a Kandinsky nel parco St. Cloud, in “Il Sole 24 Ore”, Milan 16 February 1986, with ill.
M. Causa Picone, Il Moderno nel Forte, in “Il Mattino”, Naples 18 November 1986, with ill.
G. Chiarini, Firenze e l’Arte Contemporanea, in “La Città”, Florence, 1986, p. 9 with ill.
Firenze e l’arte contemporanea – Collezioni donazioni fondazioni, catalogue of the exhibition held at Forte di Belvedere, Florence, 1986, p. 6 with ill.
R. Peraro, Sono artista non educatore, La Provincia Pavese, Pavia, 25 July 1986, with ill.
A.C.Quintavalle, Le Crepe e l’avanguardia, in “Panorama”, Milan 1986, no. 1053, XXIV, p. 23 with ill.
E. Ritter, Milano: Arnaldo Pomodoro alla Galleria Marconi, in “Vogue Italia”, Milan, June 1986 with ill.
Numanascultura, catalogue of the exhibition held at Palazzo del Comune, Numana, 1987, p. 70 with ill.
Sarenco, L’età del bronzo, in “Lotta Poetica”, Florence, November 1987, no. 2, I, p. 9 with ill.
L. Thorn-Petit, Portraits d’Artistes, Ed. RTL, Paris 1987, p. 137 with ill. 
Artisti contemporanei italiani a Mosca, catalogue of the exhibition held at Casa Centrale dell’artista, Palazzo dell’Arte, Mosca, 1988, p. 86 with ill.
D. De Maio, Arnaldo Pomodoro: il tormento della materia, in “Progetto Ufficio”, Milan, May-June 1990, with ill.
Luce, Milan, October – November 1990, with ill.
A. Forbice, Le opera d’arte non vanno supertassate, in “Lavoro Società”, Rome, July - August 1991, p. 95 with ill.
A. Forbice, Ma lo Stato può fare molto. Ecco alcune idee…, in “Lavoro e Società”, Rome, November 1991, with ill.
D. De Maio, Arnaldo Pomodoro: Il tormento della materia, in “Arte & Cornice”, Milan 1993, p. 34 with ill.
S. Kaneko, Geometrical forms of Arnaldo Pomodoro, in “Art Vision”, Tokyo, no. 2, vol. 21, 1993, p. 58 with ill.
A. Elkann, Arnaldo Pomodoro: sono schiavo del bronzo, in “Amica”, Milan, no. 23, 6 June 1994, p. 58 with ill.
H. Martin, Arnaldo Pomodoro: 7 Sculture, in the catalogue of the exhibition held at Museion, Bolzano, 1994, pp. 14-15
S. Reggiori, Un’oasi nella nebbia, in “Casa Oggi”, Milan, 1994, no. 234, p. 34 with ill.
S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Fabbri Editori ed., Milan 1995, pp. 139-140
Scritti critici per Arnaldo Pomodoro 2000, pp. 180, 347 with ill.
Masoero, Altre sfere, in “Vernissage. Il giornale dell’Arte”, Turin 2002, no. 28, June 2002, p. 4 with ill.
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Skira, Geneve – Milan 2007, vol. I, p. 180 with color ill., vol. II, p. 638, no. 734 with ill