© Estate of Arnaldo Pomodoro
Currently not on view
Sphere VI,
1966
Arnaldo Pomodoro, 1926–2025; born Morciano, Emilia Romagna, Italy; died Milan, Italy; active Pesaro, Italy, and Milan, Italy
y1969-20
Arnaldo Pomodoro's Spheres series of the 1960s was characterized by forms partially eaten away by internal erosion. Princeton University has one of the earliest examples of Pomodoro's new spheres, known as Rotanti, or Rotors, and distinguished by their potential mobility.
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Title
Sphere VI
Dates
1966
Maker
Medium
Polished bronze
Dimensions
diam. of sphere: ca. 120 cm. (47 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton University
Object Number
y1969-20
Signatures
Unsigned
Culture
Type
Materials
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Sanford C. Reynolds, Jr., John N. Brooks, Jr., Edmund L. Keeley, James M. Markham, and John A. McPhee, the editorial board, "The Putnam sculpture: 20th Century masterpieces give dramatic perspectives to Princeton's familiar vistas", Princeton alumni weekly 70 (Jan. 27, 1970): p. 1214
, 14 - "Acquisitions 1969", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 29, no. 1 (1970): p. 16-27., p. 27
- Patrick Joseph Kelleher, Living with Modern Sculpture: the John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1982)., p. 112-115 (illus.)
- Jane McCarthy and Laurily K. Epstein, A guide to the sculpture parks and gardens of America, (New York, NY: Michael Kesend Pub., 1996).
- Karin Dienst, ed., Sculpture of Princeton University: including works from the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Published by the Office of Communications, in association with the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004)., p. 8-9 (illus.)
