Important Design

Important Design

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Property from the Collection of Michael and Renee Silverstein

Harry Bertoia

Untitled (Gong)

Auction Closed

December 10, 11:19 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Michael and Renee Silverstein

Harry Bertoia

Untitled (Gong)


1972

together with a wooden mallet

silicon bronze, brass, painted wood base

76 1/8 x 36 x 15 in. (193.5 x 91.4 x 38.1 cm) including base

Staempfli Gallery, New York, 1972
Christie's East, New York, February 28, 1999, lot 92
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Nancy N. Schiffer and Val O. Bertoia, The World of Bertoia, Atglen, PA, 2003, p. 230 (for photographs of a related example installed in Bertoia’s sound studio)
Celia Bertoia, The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia, Atglen, PA, 2015, pp. 134-135 (for a photograph of a related example installed in Bertoia’s sound studio)
Beverly H. Twitchell, Bertoia, New York, 2019, p. 246 (for a related example)

This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Harry Bertoia Foundation, St. George, Utah, and with a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Val Bertoia.