Midcentury Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury Harry Bertoia Sonambient sculpture featuring seven black monel "cat-tail" tops silvered to beryllium.
Brass, Copper
Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture Beryllium Rod
By Val Bertoia
Located in Wilmington, DE
Bertoia Sonambient sculpture. Offered is a beautifully unique sculpture by Bertoia studios (Val).
Brass, Copper
Harry Bertoia Gold Plated Bronze Diagonal Double Tonal Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in St. Louis, MO
Sculptor and Artist Harry Bertoia gold plated bronze Sonambient sculpture, diagonal double tonal, circa 1965.
Bronze
Val Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture "Buffalo Shaped Sound"
By Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
"Buffalo Shaped Sound" A kinetic Sonambient sculpture by Val Bertoia composed of 122 Beryllium rods silvered to solid brass mounted on wood stand.
Brass
"Strum to Hum the Boomerang of Sound" Sonambient Sculpture by Val Bertoia
By Val Bertoia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Strum to Hum the Boomerang of Sound" is a sonambient sculpture by Val Bertoia consisting of 50 beryllium copper rods which strike together and chime when touched by hand or by the w...
Brass, Copper
$15,000
Large Val Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture Titled "2 Walking Squares for Sounds"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
This series is a continuation of the sonambient works he collaborated on with his father, Harry Bertoia in the 1970s.
Brass, Bronze
Sonambient
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Untitled" (Cattail Sonambient Sculpture) Beryllium copper rods on brass base USA, circa 1975 17.5"H 9.25"W 2.75"D Very good condition.
Brass, Copper
Bertoia-Style Spray-Spread Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
This sculpture in the style of Val Bertoia's work is similar in style to the Sonambient series.
Metal
$30,400Sale Price|20% Off
Large-Scale Val Bertoia Sonambient 'Sound Screen' Sculpture, Signed and Numbered
By Val Bertoia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A monumental four foot tall Sonambient sound sculpture titled 'Sound Screen' by Val Bertoia, dated 2013 and signed, stamped, and documented by the artist.
Copper, Nickel
Bertoia Sonambient Tabletop Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Toronto, CA
By stretching, bending, and moving metal, his sculptures could create sound. He called them Sonambient and over the next decade he created thousands, each one unique.
Brass, Copper
Val Bertoia Sonambient Sound Sculpture Titled "Sounds Like a Tall Tower"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is titled "Sounds Like A Tall Tower" and is crafted from 49 silicon-bronze rods affixed with silver to a solid brass base.
Brass, Bronze
Val Bertoia Sonambient Kinetic Sculpture Titled "Sound of V" in Bronze
By Val Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is titled "Sound of V" and is crafted from 60 silicon-bronze rods affixed with silver to a solid brass base.
Brass, Bronze
Untitled (Sounding Sculpture) - Post War Copper & Bronze, c. 1970
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Palm Desert, CA
These "sonambient" sculptures were a focus of Bertoia's work until the artist's death on November 6, 1978, in Barto, Pennsylvania.
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Sonambient Cattails Sound Sculpture in the Manner of Harry Bertoia
By Harry Bertoia
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Vintage Sonambient cattails sound sculpture in the manner of Harry Bertoia circa 1970.
Metal, Brass
2021 Val Bertoia Sonambient Wire Sculpture with 12 Brass Rods 9x12x48 Inches
By Val Bertoia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Sonambient Wire Sculpture, created by Val Bertoia. This particular example was produced in 2021.
Brass, Bronze
2022 Val Bertoia Sonambient Wire Sculpture with 11 Brass Rods 11x11x49 Inches
By Val Bertoia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Sonambient Wire Sculpture, created by Val Bertoia. This particular example was produced in 2022.
Brass, Bronze
Spray Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
The two primarily worked on his father’s Sound Sculpture environment, trademarked “Sonambient”. Late in the 1970s, Harry and Val made Bertoia Sound Sculptures for large distribution.
Metal
Copper Wall Relief
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
The two primarily worked on his father’s Sound Sculpture environment, trademarked “Sonambient”. Late in the 1970s, Harry and Val made Bertoia Sound Sculptures for large distribution.
Copper
Bertoia — Mid-Century Visionary Abstraction, Unique Monotype, Signed
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bertoia's iconic "Sonambient" sculptures, consisting of delicate metal rods arranged in various configurations, created ethereal sounds when touched or moved, transforming the act of...
Monotype
HARRY BERTOIA Original pen drawing, Mushroom, 1960s
By Harry Bertoia
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Drawing formed the foundation of his creative practice, allowing him to investigate the organic structures, rhythms and natural phenomena that would later emerge in his monumental sc...
Paper
Original pen drawing by HARRY BERTOIA, Bushes, 1960s
By Harry Bertoia
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Drawing formed the foundation of his creative practice, allowing him to investigate the organic structures, rhythms and natural phenomena that would later emerge in his monumental sc...
Paper
Sonambient Sculpture by Harry Bertoia
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Georges Mills, NH
Rare Harry Bertoia sonambient sculpture. Pair of off-axis bronze rod arrays silver soldered onto a solid bronze base, circa 1967.
Gold Plate, Brass, Steel
Bertoia Studios Sonambient Sculpture by Val Bertoia
By Val Bertoia
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This towering 82" tall sculpture by Val Bertoia features 18 beryllium copper rods in two rows of nine, silvered to brass base. These amazing pieces stimulate the visual, kinesthetic ...
Brass, Copper
Harry Bertoia Style Modernist Kinetic Wire Ball Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Interesting and modern metal nine wire ball form sculpture that has movement when touched, like the sonambient sculptures by sculptor Harry Bertoia.
Unavailable
H 55.12 in W 31.5 in D 5.91 in
Lei for Bertoia (140cm tall wall sculpture)
By Tom Palmer
Located in Shaftesbury, Dorset
Lei for Bertoia, is a tribute to the "Sonambient" sound sculptures by the mid-century Italian American artist and designer Harry Bertoia, in the form of a giant ritual garland or Lei.
Metal, Steel
Unavailable
H 55.12 in W 31.5 in D 5.91 in
Lei for Bertoia (wall mounted sculpture of impressive scale 140cm high)
By Tom Palmer
Located in Blandford Forum, Dorset
Lei for Bertoia, is a tribute to the "Sonambient" sound sculptures by the midcentury Italian American artist and designer Harry Bertoia, in the form of a giant ritual garland or Lei.
Metal
Harry Bertoia Table-Top Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Pawtucket, RI
22-inch tall sonambient sculpture created by Harry Bertoia with long slender rods creating a beautifully resonating sound.
Brass
Harry Bertoia, Monumental Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Harry Bertoia, Monumental Sonambient Sculpture, USA, circa 1970's. Inconel on brass plate, comprised of 49 rods in a 7 x 7 layout with cattails, unmarked.
Metal
Stunning Sonambient Sculpture by Harry Bertoia (1915-78)
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully tuned sonambient sculpture with large cylindrical Beryllium Copper knockers.
Bronze
Sold
H 96.5 in W 60 in D 14 in
Harry Bertoia Monumental Brass Untitled Sonambient Sculpture, USA, 1976
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
An astounding example of Bertoia's sonambient sculptures. The monumental scale of this piece creates a powerful lasting resonating sound.
Brass
Outstanding Copper Sonambient Sculpture by Val Bertoia, USA
By Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
A great form this sonambient sculpture by Val Bertoia possesses the finest qualities of sound and movement the sculptures are known for.
Brass, Copper
Sold
H 22 in W 6 in D 6 in
Harry Bertoia Beryllium Bronze Kinetic Cattail Sonambient Sculpture, USA 1970s
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
An unusual and wonderful example of Bertoia's sonambient sculptures. It has a very strong sounding quality for it's size due to the relationship between the rods and the cattails at ...
Brass, Copper
Val Bertoia Linear Three Row Copper and Brass Sonambient Sculpture, USA
By Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
A great form this sonambient sculpture by Val Bertoia possesses the finest qualities of sound and movement the sculptures are known for.
Brass, Copper
Sold
H 48.5 in W 12 in D 12 in
Harry Bertoia Large Beryllium Copper and Bronze Sonambient Sculpture, USA, 1960s
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding example of Bertoia's highly sought after sonambient sculptures. This piece has both significant height and density of rods with the addition of the impressive knockers...
Sold
H 37.5 in W 30 in D 7 in
Val Bertoia Linear Four-Row Copper and Brass Sonambient Sculpture, USA 2018
By Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
A great form this sonambient sculpture by Val Bertoia possesses the finest qualities of sound and movement the sculptures are known for.
Brass, Copper
Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Large Iconic and architecturally formed Bertoia sonambient scuplture. Single row of 57 steel rods creating a beautiful tone and resonance.Sold with a title of Authentication from Val...
Steel, Brass
Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Harry Bertoia 15 rod Sounding Sculpture executed in brass and buryllium copper.
Brass
Val Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful sonambient takes on a distinctive quality due to the fineness of the copper rods he used. All the sonambients have a wonderful kinetic quality to them but the fineness...
Brass, Copper
Val Bertoria Sonambient Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Val Bertoia kinetic sound sculpture "Rows of Moving Sounds", 44 silicon - bronze rods silvered to brass in two rows. An interactive sculpture of sound. Val Bertoia son of Harry Bert...
Bronze
Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Perfectly scaled Bertoia beryllium copper and brass sounding sculpture. 25 rods in a 5 by 5 square pattern. Base measures 8 x 8. Overall height is 43 inches. Perfect resonating sound.
Unusual Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
An early example of Bertoia's celebrated tonal sculpture. Unusual configuration of over 100 slender copper rods, in a wide zig zag. It features a lovely dark patina, with a shimmerin...
Copper, Bronze
Brilliant Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular example of Bertoia's sounding work, executed in brass with beryllium copper tops. 2 rows of 8 rods, producing a sweet singing tone, completely unique to the chosen materi...
Copper, Brass
Sonambient Sculpture by Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Harry Bertoia, assisted by his son Val created hundreds of variations on the sounding rods throughout the 1970's. Val has continued the work into the modern times, often imparting hi...
Copper, Brass
Bright Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Such a nice example of a Harry Bertoia Sonambient. This piece has 60 rods silvered in three rows in Beryllium on a thick brass base. Incredibly bright and loud sounds that are...
Brass, Copper
Harry Bertoia "Cattail" Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Shortly after the work was purchased from Makler Gallery, the owner reached out to Harry Bertoia regarding the sounds the sculpture made. In 1975, Bertoia adjusted the weights on the...
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Magnificent Sonambient Sculpture by Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Easily among the finest examples of Bertoia's work that we have had the pleasure to offer. This early tonal sculpture is in stunning original condition, having led a "hands off" exis...
Bronze, Copper
Powerful Sonambient Sculpture by Val Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Harry Bertoia, assisted by his son Val created hundreds of variations on the sounding rods throughout the 1970's. Val has continued the work into the modern times, often imparting hi...
Brass
Harry Bertoia 2 Line Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant sounding sculpture by Harry Bertoia. Simplicity and a great tone.
Bronze
Monumental "Kissing" Sonambient Sculpture by Harry Bertoia
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Two slender bronze rods are placed in close proximity to each other. This "Kissing" sculpture in a larger format is to be found outside the famous "Sonambient" barn located on the B...
Bronze
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