1968.35.FA Pomodoro, Rotante Massimo III

Pomodoro_Arnaldo: ULAN: 500010942

Italy (nation): TGN: 1000080

Plexiglas ™: AAT: 300014436

bronze: AAT: 300010957

twentieth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404514

mechanical properties: AAT: 300056192

Minimalism (post-1945 style): AAT: 300065758

modernist (European style): AAT: 300021474

rotating (operational attributes): AAT: 300255324

rotation: AAT: 300056045

round (shape): AAT: 300121969

sculpture: AAT: 300047090

shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244

spheres (geometric figures): AAT: 300055639

By July 15, 1968: Marlborough Fine Art (London), Ltd. [1]

December 26, 1968: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts, gift of an anonymous donor, purchased from above [2][3]

The main source for this provenance is the Dallas Art Association Acquisition Record dated December 26, 1968. Exceptions and supporting documentation are noted. 

[1] See the letter from Gilbert Lloyd, of Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd. to Merrill C. Rueppel of Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, dated July 15, 1968.  

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

[3] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

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