(born Morciano di Romagna, Rimini in 1926)
Porta d’Europa 1978–79, bronze, 2 elements, no. 4 (from an edition of 9 + 1 a.p.), each 80 x 40 x 6 cm, base 22 x 124 x 30 cm, (AR)

The work has been registered by the Archivio Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan under the archive no. 409b.

Photo certificate with artist’s signature

Provenance:
European Private Collection – acquired directly from the artist in 1986

Exhibition:
Florence, Forte del Belvedere, Luoghi Fondamentali, 7 July - 28 October 1984, exh. cat. p. 162, no. 150 with ill.

Literature:
L. Besozzi, Arnaldo Pomodoro, in AD, no. 6, Segrate 1981, p. 48 with ill. (a different cast);
K. Morgan, Sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, in The Daily Californian, Friday Magazine, no. 15 Berkeley 1981;
H. Martin, Notes on Nine Projects by Arnaldo Pomodoro, in Art International, no. 1–2 Volume XXV, Lugano 1982, pp. 104–106 with ill. (a different cast);
L. Rossi, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Stati di equilibrio, in Spazio & Società, no. 19, V, Milan 1982, pp. 46–47 with ill. (a different cast);
L. Bortolon, Tra Utopia e realtà, le invenzioni di Arnaldo Pomodoro, in Grazia, no. 2202, 56, Segrate 1983, p. 29 with ill. (a different cast);
A. Dal Lago, Tecnologia e Design, in L’Architettura-Cronaca e Storia, Milan, 1988;
La nuova Venezia, Sculture di Pomodoro, Venice, 1988, page 23 with ill. (a different cast);
M. Privato, Rispettoso, pudico, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Venice 1988 with ill. (a different cast);
G. Vogel, Almanacco. Venice, in Atlante, Milan 1988, p. 11 with ill. (a different cast);
S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan 1995, pp. 280, 286, 287, 288, 289 with ill. (a different cast);
S. Barucco, Progetti visionari di un artista, in Il Giornale di Napoli, Naples 1997, with ill. (a different cast);
AA. VV., Scritti critici per Arnaldo Poomodoro, in “L’erasmo”, no. 3, Milan 2001, p. 15, with ill. (a different cast);
F. Gualdoni, Attilio Bertolucci per Arnaldo Pomodoro, in L’Erasmo, no. Milan 2001, p. 15 with ill. (a different cast);
A. Pomodoro, in L’Arte, Volume 4, Turin 2002, p. 46;
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Milan 2007, Volume I, p. 161, Volume II, p. 598, no. 621 with ill. (a different cast)