Double Red Spiral

Giò Pomodoro

1967

A 1967 lithograph in which Giò Pomodoro arranges repeating red and gray geometric volumes and a web of fine converging lines to stage a tension between mechanical order and unexpected organic rupture.

At first glance a checkerboard of quarter‑circles and squares in vivid red and soft gray pulses around a delicate, star‑like nexus of intersecting lines while jagged, torn diagonal fissures slice through the composition and upend its symmetry.

Bridging his practice as a sculptor and mid‑century geometric abstraction, this print shows how algorithmic design and handlike interruptions coexist, contributing to postwar experiments that blurred sculpture, drawing, and optical perception.

Palette

Exhibitions

Twentieth Century Italian Art

1949

The Prints of Odilon Redon

1986

Odilon Redon: Drawings and Lithographs

1952

Five Sculptures from the Museum Collection

1968