Artist Monograph

Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian

Italian, 1926–2025

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	12	37.5%
Engraving	8	25%
Etching	4	12.5%
Lithography	4	12.5%
Oil Painting	1	3.1%
Drawing	1	3.1%
Gouache	1	3.1%
Sculpture	1	3.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	31	96.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	3.1%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 24
Print — 5
Drawing — 2
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	36.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	19	63.3%

Range: 2.7 cm → 86.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1962	1
1963	1
1964	2
1968	1
1969	5
1976	11
1988	10
1994	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 32 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Projects for Butterfly of Time Drawing Acc. 628.1963	1958	Ink on paper	13 5/8 x 9 5/8" (34.5 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
Study Drawing Acc. 17.1962	1960	Gouache and charcoal on paper	24 1/2 x 33 7/8" (62.2 x 86 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Baroness Elaine Orosdi
Plate 12 from L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE, Volume 3/L'AVANT-GARDE INTERNATIONALE, Volume 3/THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT-GARDE, Volume 3 Illustrated Book Acc. 802.1963.12	1962. (Print executed 1960).	Etching, printed in black	plate 5 11/16 x 4 1/2" (14.4 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter H. Deitsch
Sphere, I Sculpture Acc. 1242.1964	1963	Bronze	44 3/4" (113.5 cm) diameter, on base 1/2" (1.3 cm) high x 7 3/8" (18.7 cm) diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 113.70 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Plate (page 49) from L'albero poeta Illustrated Book Acc. 93.1968.8	1966. (Print executed 1965).	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with ten prints	plate: 12 × 7 5/8" (30.5 × 19.3 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 × 9 13/16" (41 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Maximal Gyre Print Acc. 299.1969	1968	Lithograph with foil collage additions	composition 30 x 22 1/4" (76.3 x 56.5 cm) sheet 30 x 22 1/4" (76.3 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Collector's Press
Maximal Gyre II Print Acc. 300.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition 25 11/16 x 19 15/16" (65.3 x 50.6 cm) sheet 27 7/8 x 22 1/8" (70.8 x 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Collector's Press
Maximal Gyre III Print Acc. 301.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition 30 1/16 x 22 3/8" (76.4 x 56.9 cm) sheet 30 1/16 x 22 3/8" (76.4 x 56.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Collector's Press
Maximal Gyre IV Print Acc. 302.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition 30 1/8 x 22 3/8" (76.5 x 56.9 cm) sheet 30 1/8 x 22 3/8" (76.5 x 56.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Collector's Press
Maximal Gyre V Print Acc. 303.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition 30 1/8 x 22 1/2" (76.5 x 57.1 cm) sheet 30 1/8 x 22 1/2" (76.5 x 57.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Collector's Press
Box lid from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.10	(1974)	Brass relief	plate 17 5/16 x 13 3/8" (44 x 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Front cover from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.9	(1974)	Brass relief	irreg. composition 10 x 5 15/16" (25.4 x 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
In-text plate (page 13)/In-text plate (page 14) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.1	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 2 1/16 x 1 1/4" (5.2 x 3.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
In-text plate (page 25)/In-text plate (page 26) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.6	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 1 1/4 x 1 5/8" (3.2 x 4.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
In-text plate (page 29)/Tailpiece (page 30) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.8	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 1 1/16 x 1 1/8" (2.7 x 2.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Seven Saxon Poems (Siete Poemas Sajones) Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.1-10	1974	Illustrated book with eight embossings and two brass reliefs	irreg. page 15 1/8 x 11 1/4" (38 x 28.5 cm) Prints and multiples: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Tailpiece (page 15)/In-text plate (page 16) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.2	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 1 1/4 x 2 1/4" (3.2 x 5.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Tailpiece (page 17)/Tailpiece (page 18) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.3	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 1 1/16 x 15/16" (2.7 x 2.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Tailpiece (page 19)/Tailpiece (page 20) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.4	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 1 1/16 x 1 1/4" (2.7 x 3.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Tailpiece (page 23)/In-text plate (page 24) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.5	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 1 5/8 x 2 1/4" (4.2 x 5.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Tailpiece (page 27)/Tailpiece (page 28) from SIETE POEMAS SAJONES/SEVEN SAXON POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 17.1976.7	(1974)	Embossing	irreg. composition 1 1/2 x 1 13/16" (3.9 x 4.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
"Book Cover" (facing page 6) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.1	1985	Engraving, soft ground etching, and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 11/16 x 13 1/4" (44.9 x 33.6 cm) sheet 17 11/16 x 13 1/4" (44.9 x 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Box lid from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.9	1985	Brass relief	irreg. composition 8 7/8 x 10 1/4" (22.6 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.1-9	1985	8 engraving and aquatints with brass relief on cover	irreg. page 17 3/4 x 13 3/8" (45.1 x 34 cm) Prints and multiple: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Plate 1 (facing page 10) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.2	1985	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 11/16 x 13 3/16" (45 x 33.5 cm) sheet 17 11/16 x 13 3/16" (45 x 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Plate 2 (facing page 14) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.3	1985	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 11/16 x 13 1/8" (45 x 33.4 cm) sheet 17 11/16 x 13 1/8" (45 x 33.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Plate 3 (facing page 18) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.4	1985	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 11/16 x 13 3/16" (45 x 33.5 cm) sheet 17 11/16 x 13 3/16" (45 x 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Plate 4 (facing page 22) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.5	1985	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 11/16 x 13 1/8" (44.9 x 33.4 cm) sheet 17 11/16 x 13 1/8" (44.9 x 33.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Plate 5 (facing page 26) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.6	1985	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 5/8 x 13 1/4" (44.8 x 33.6 cm) sheet 17 5/8 x 13 1/4" (44.8 x 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Plate 6 (facing page 30) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.7	1985	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 11/16 x 13 3/16" (44.9 x 33.5 cm) sheet 17 11/16 x 13 3/16" (44.9 x 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
Plate 7 (facing page 34) from DE-CANTARE URBINO Illustrated Book Acc. 204.1988.8	1985	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	composition 17 9/16 x 13 1/8" (44.7 x 33.3 cm) sheet 17 9/16 x 13 1/8" (44.7 x 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Loriano Bertini
La Gioia delle Rose e del Cielo by Attilio Bertolucci Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1994.1-5	1993	4 etchings with aquatint and embossing and 1 inless embossing on the cover	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kynaston McShine