ARNALDO POMODORO 2000 TEXTURED PENDANT IN .925 STERLING SILVER & 18 KT

SCULPTURAL PENDANT DESIGNED BY ARNALDO POMODORO (1926-). A WEARABLE SCULPTURAL PENDANT CREATED IN THE 2000'S. BY THE FAMOUS ITALIAN ARCHITECT AND SCULPTOR ARNALDO POMODORO. IS HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID .925/.999 STERLING SILVER, WITH TEXTURED AND POLISHED SURFACES. SUITED WITH A BALE OF 6 mm IN 18 KT YELLOW GOLD TO HAND INTO A CHAIN THE DESIGN WAS CONCEIVED AS A KIND TEXTURED INFINITE CIRCLE. SUITED WITH A HOOK BALE TO BE HANG INTO A CHAIN. THIS PIECE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BRONZE SCULPTURAL PAPER WEIGHT, DESIGNED BY A. POMODORO IN 1978. 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. HAVE A WEIGHT O 16.7 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 55 mm (2.16 Inches) BY 40 mm (1.57 Inches); STAMPED WITH ITALIAN HALLMARKS AND THE EDITOR'S MAKER MARK, "STERLING 18 KT". PROVENANCE: A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN 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