ARNALDO POMODORO 1950 VERY RARE KINETIC PENDANT BROOCH IN 18 KT GOLD WITH GEMSTONES
EXTREMELY RARE PIECE DESIGNED BY ARNALDO POMODORO (1926-).
A WEARABLE KINETIC SCULPTURAL PENDANT-BROOCH CREATED BETWEEN THE 50'S AND 60'S BY THE FAMOUS ITALIAN ARCHITECT AND SCULPTOR ARNALDO POMODORO. IS HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF TEXTURED AND POLISHED YELLOW GOLD AND BEZEL SET WITH TWO NATURAL GEMSTONES, A ROUND CABOCHON CUT WHITE OPAL AND A ROUND CUT PINK RUBY.
SUITED AT THE REVERSE WITH A VERTICAL HINGED PIN WITH A TROMBONE LOCK AND A HOOK BALE TO BE HANG INTO A CHAIN.
ARNALDO POMODORO, BORN IN MORCIANO, ITALY IN 1926, IS A SCULPTOR, STAGE DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT. BETWEEN THE 1950 AND 1954 HE WORKED PRIMARILY AS A JEWELER AND STAGE DESIGNER WITH HIS BROTHER GIO POMODORO IN PESARO, ITALY AND BEGAN HIS FIRST WORK IN RELIEF, WHICH ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A ROUGH SURFACE QUALITY WITH DETAILED VEGETAL ORGANIC FORMS. THE FINE DETAILING OF HIS JEWELRY LATER APPEARED IN HIS BRONZE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES. HE HAVE 94 YEARS AND LIVE IN MILAN, ITALY.
THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THIS PIECE IS 13.8 Grams AND HAVE A MEASURES OF 91 mm (3.55 Inches) BY 41 mm (1.62 Inches)
THE CURSIVE SIGNATURE AND THE HALL MARK CARTOUCHE ARE ENGRAVED AT THE REVERSE OF THE MAIN PANEL AS, "A. POMODORO".
NOTES: THIS PIECE IS EXTREMELY RARE AN IS AN UNIQUE 1/1 PIECE (Pezzo Unico). IS IN PERFECT CONDITION.
PROVENANCE: A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN MILAN AND PARIS. / PRIVATE COLLECTION IN NYC.
SALES REF: WRIGHT, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 21 2017, LOTS: 19, 20, 21, 22 And 23. QUITTEMBAUM, GERMANY, DECEMBER 12 2018, LOT: 287
LITERATURE: SOMANY; CERRITELLI, JEWELRY BY ARTIST IN ITALY, MAINLAND 1995, FOR SIMILAR DIVERSE EXAMPLES.
INVENTORY REF: P0000MNIE/.3317
