Untitled (Sonambient), circa 1960

Details

HARRY BERTOIA (1915-1978)
Untitled (Sonambient), circa 1960
beryllium copper, patinated bronze
37 x 30 x 7 in. (94 x 76.2 x 17.8 cm)

Provenance

Ludmilla and Hans Arnhold, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

N. N. Schiffer and V. O. Bertoia, The World of Bertoia, Atglen, 2003, pp. 2-3 (for related examples), 6 (for a drawing of related examples), 10, 177-229 (for related examples)
B. H. Twitchell, Bertoia: The Metalworker, London, 2019, pp. 228-229, no. 3 (for a related example)

Further details

This lot has been accepted into the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné with the CR# SO.TO.384.

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Lot Essay

This early, experimental Sonambient dates to the first years of Harry Bertoia’s experiments with Tonal sculptures. The base, constructed of a swirl of forged bronze, is nearly unique in the works of Bertoia, and illustrative of the experimentation of Tonal sculptures before utilizing naval brass plates in subsequent years.

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