Important Design
Important Design
Harry Bertoia
Untitled (Sonambient)
Auction Closed
December 10, 11:19 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Harry Bertoia
Untitled (Sonambient)
circa 1971
five rows of 5 rods (25 rods total) with cattail tops
beryllium copper, bronze, brass
52 7/8 x 12 x 12 in. (134 x 30.4 x 30.4 cm)
Please note the present lot features five straight rows of five rods with cattail tops.
Estate of the artist
Private Collection, New York, circa 1980s
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, New York, circa 1980s
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Nancy N. Schiffer and Val O. Bertoia, The World of Bertoia, Atglen, PA, 2003, pp. 177-229 (for related examples and discussion on Bertoia's sounds sculptures)
Gilberto Granger, ed, Harry Bertoia: Decisi che una sedia non poteva a bastare, Milan, 2009, p. 187 (for a related example)
Celia Bertoia, The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia, Atglen, PA, 2015, pp. 130-146 (for related examples and discussion on Bertoia's sound sculptures)
Gilberto Granger, ed, Harry Bertoia: Decisi che una sedia non poteva a bastare, Milan, 2009, p. 187 (for a related example)
Celia Bertoia, The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia, Atglen, PA, 2015, pp. 130-146 (for related examples and discussion on Bertoia's sound sculptures)
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Harry Bertoia Foundation, St. George, Utah.