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Three (3) Gio Pomodoro (Italy, 1930-2002) color aquatint etchings in the style of blueprints or technical illustrations, possibly relating to real or imagined sculptures or installation artworks that consist primarily of stone. 1st item: Etching with images of a figure and an arrangement of large stones. Inscribed “II Stato Colore” in pencil plus blindstamp to lower left. Floated under acrylic in a wooden frame with cream mat. Sheet: 22 in. H x 39 3/4 in. W. Framed: 31 2/4 in. H x 41 1/4 in. W. 2nd item: Etching with images of wood and stone constructions. Text at upper center reads “FRAMMENTO URBANO” (urban fragment). Signed and numbered VI/XX in pencil, lower margin. Floated under plexiglass in a wooden frame with textured cream mat. Sheet: 27 1/4 in H x 19 1/4 in W. Frame: 36 in H x 27 1/2 in W. 3rd item: Etching with two vignettes, one in purple and one primarily in black ink, that each describe sculptural arrangements of stones. Signed in pencil lower right and numbered VII/XX plus blindstamp to lower left. With inventory number inscribed in en verso. Unframed. Sheet: 27 1/2 in. H x 19 5/8 in. W. Biographical Note: Born near Urbino in 1930, Gio Pomodoro was a sculptor, printmaker, jewelry designer, and stage designer. In 1954 his family including his brother, the sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, moved to Milan where the brothers joined the city’s avant-garde art community. He is best known for his abstract sculpture, which he produced in both smaller scale and in the form of monumental public artworks. In 2018 the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino held a retrospective of the artist’s work. (Adapted from Archivio Gio Pomodoro)
PROVENANCE: The estates of Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville.
CONDITION: All items in overall very good condition. Item 1 with pinhole punctures to upper corners. Not examined out of frames. Minor abrasions to frames.
