HARRY BERTOIA (1915-1978)

Lot 139
11.12.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 30 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1357043
Lot 139 | HARRY BERTOIA (1915-1978)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
HARRY BERTOIA (1915-1978)
Untitled (Sonambient), circa 1967
forty-nine rods in a seven by seven configuration
patinated bronze
48 x 10 x 10 in. (122 x 25.5 x 25.5 cm)




Provenance

Staempfli Gallery, New York
Private Collection, acquired at auction, Oxfordshire, circa 1980
Thence by descent to the present owner, 1993



Literature

N. Schiffer, V. Bertoia, The World of Bertoia, Atglen, 2003, pp. 178-185, 190-195, 206, 208-210, 215, 218-220, 222-226, 237 (for related 'Sonambient' sculptures)
L. Williamson, Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-Century Designers, New York, 2010, pp. 54-55 (for related 'Sonambient' sculptures)
B. H. Twitchell, Bertoia: The Metalworker, London, 2019, pp. 242-243, 244-245, 257 (for related 'Sonambient' sculptures)



Further details

This lot has been accepted into the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné with the CR# SO.TO.424.
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