Harry Bertoia (Michigan, CA, PA / Italy, 1915-1978)
“Sounding Sculpture”
49 Beryllium Copper Rods (7 rows of 7 rods). Brass Base. Signed and numbered (17/50) on base.
This sculpture is one example from the only numbered edition Harry Bertoia created. Executed in 1977, this series was undertaken after Bertoia was diagnosed with an advanced form of lung cancer, and intended to provide financial support to his family and employees after he passed.
Provenance:
– Purchase from Robert Kidd Gallery (1998),
– from the collection of William Biddle Ten Eyck, ex- CFO of Pontiac, by descent.
Dimensions: 40 x 12 x 12 in.



