(born in Morciano di Romagna/Rimini in 1926)
Soglia: A Eduardo Chillida, studio, 2003, signed, dated and numbered 2/8 on the base, bronze, 64.5 x 73 x 56 cm (with base)

This is number 2 from an edition of 8 examples + 2 artist’s proofs

This work is registered in the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro and is listed in the Online Catalogue Raisonné under no. 1055

This work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity signed by the artist

Provenance:
Artist’s Private Collection
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Principality of Monaco, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Sculptures, Marlborough Monaco, 24 June - 30 September 2004, exh. cat. p. 23 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
New York, Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, 8–28 February 2005 (another example exhibited)
Munich, 40 Years, Galerie Thomas, 1 May-15 August 2005 (another example exhibited)
Belluno, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Palazzo Crepadona,
12 April - 14 May 2006 (another example exhibited)
Brindisi, Sculture alle porte d’Oriente. Artisti Contemporanei al Museo archeologico, Museo Archeologico Provinciale Francesco Ribezzo,
22 April - 25 June 2006, exh. cat. pp. 122, 123 (another example exhibited)
Chiari, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Sculture, Galleria d’Arte L’Incontro, 7 October -30 November 2006, exh. cat. p.37 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
Il Melograno, Monopoli; Bari Airport, Brindisi Airport, Arnaldo Pomodoro, 28 May - 30 September 2007 (another example exhibited)
Savona, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Tappeto Volante, Fortezza del Priamar, Galleria Conarte, 16 June - 16 September 2007 (another example exhibited)
Paris, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Tornabuoni Art, 11 March - 11 June 2011, pp. 112, 113 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
New York, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Continuum, Marlborough Chelsea, NY, 7 April - 14 May 2011, exh. cat. p. 9 (another example exhibited and illustrated)

Literature:
K. de Baranano (ed.), Arnaldo Pomodoro en su caligrafia geometrica. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Galeria Marlborough, Madrid 2004, p. 7 (another example illustrated)
F. Urbani (ed.), Arnaldo Pomodoro. Boats and the sea in “Superyacht”, Rome, winter 2006–2007, no. 7 p. 126 (another example illustrated)
F. Gualdoni (ed.), Arnaldo Pomodoro. La Bellezza Possibile. Catlogue of the exhibition held at Galleria d’Arte L’Incontro, Chiari 2006, p. 12 (another example illustrated)
F. Gualdoni (ed.), Arnaldo Pomodoro: Catalogo Ragionato della Scultura, SKIRA, Geneva-Milan, 2007, vol. I, p. 266, full page image; vol. II, p. 774 no. 1055 with ill.
B. Corá (ed.), Arnaldo Pomodoro: Epica di un viaggiatore nei dedali della forma, in Catalogue of the exhibition held at Tornabuoni Art, Paris, Forma Edizioni, Poggibonsi, 2011, p. 26. (another example illustrated)

From the mid-1950s Arnaldo Pomodoro lived in Milan, where he met and frequented artists such as Lucio Fontana and Fausto Melotti and the photographer Ugo Mulas. His first trip to Paris took place around this time, where he viewed Alberto Giacometti and Constantin Brancusi’s sculptures; and he also travelled overseas to New York for the first time, where he came into contact with the artistic trends of Action Painting and Abstract Expressionism. He was exposed to many and very different stimuli, yet there is no direct bearing of these external influences to be found on his works.

Soglia: a Eduardo Chillida is a homage to the Basque sculptor known for his monumental forged metal works. Three bronze blocks rest on a thin base and are placed in such a way as to create a gap, a threshold, which seems to introduce us to a new space, should we allow ourselves to be guided through it. This work, although not monumental in size, is imposing, dominating the space. The artist shows us a hint of the supporting structure of the two vertical elements on the inner sides, as if they had been eroded by the wind. They in turn become pillars supporting a central block that pierces them from side to side, while preserving the surface in all its precious lustre.