Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from California to Pennsylvania, where he has lived and worked ever since.
In the 1960s, Bertoia studied mechanical engineering at Indiana Institute of Technology in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. In 1969, he was awarded “Speaker of the Year” at Indiana Tech. In 1971, he was released from Ft. Dix, New Jersey, from the US Army to return back to Pennsylvania.
Bertoia started working at a farm near his home, and soon afterward, his father, Harry Bertoia, asked him to work at Bertoia Studio with him. He worked with his father from 1972–78. The “sound sculpture” environment, which Harry continued to focus on for 10 years beginning in 1968, is trademarked “Sonambient.” Harry and Val installed large-scale commissioned metal sculptures, and Harry was amazed with his son’s level of precision and engineering abilities and often asked his advice.
In the late 1970s, Harry and Val made Bertoia sound sculptures for distribution worldwide. During those six years, Val worked on his own projects, which included wind-electric systems as derivatives of kinetic sculpture models. Harry was an intuitive engineer, and Val's wind systems, the heights of which reached over 90 feet, were refined by Harry and became well-balanced with a U.S. patent.
In 1978, continuing where Harry left off — and with the encouragement of his mother, Brigitta Bertoia — Val proceeded with the sculpture business of his father's legacy. Val Bertoia sculptures made after November 1978, when Harry died, are numbered, starting with “B-01.”
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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. The work was created in 2014 by Val Bertoia at the Bertoia...
Brass, Bronze
$15,000
Large Val Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture Titled "2 Walking Squares for Sounds"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is titled "2 Walking Squares for Sounds" and is crafted from 60 beryllium-copper rods affixed with silver to a solid brass base in two columns. The work was created in...
Brass, Bronze
50 Rods on a Curve
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Inscribed with artist's number on base
Metal
Brass and Beryllium Copper Sonambinet Sounding Sculpture by Val Bertoia
By Val Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental Val Bertoia sculpture 60 Beryllium copper rods silvered in a brass base in two square columns. Makes a beautiful resonating tone. Title: 'Two walking squares for sounds...
Brass
"Array of Steel Rods with Brass Chimes"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from California to Pennsylvania where he has lived and worked here ever since. In the1960s, V...
Brass, Steel
"Tube Shape Array with Steel Spokes"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from California to Pennsylvania where he has lived and worked here ever since. In the1960s, V...
Brass, Steel
"Steel Rods with Brass Cylinder Chimes"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from California to Pennsylvania where he has lived and worked here ever since. In the1960s, V...
Brass, Steel
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. The work was created in 2014 by Val Bertoia ...
Brass, Bronze
Bronze Fountain Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Val Bertoia (born 1949) Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from Cali...
Bronze
23" Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Inscribed with artist's number on base
Metal
Copper Wall Relief
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia (b. 1949) Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949 to the artist, Harry Bertoia and his wife, Brigitta Valentiner. The family relocated to Pennsylvania i...
Copper
Spray Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia (b. 1949) Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949 to the artist, Harry Bertoia and his wife, Brigitta Valentiner. The family relocated to Pennsylvania in the 1950s where Bertoia has lived and worked since. In the1960s, Bertoia attended the Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After his release from the US Army in Fort Dix, NJ, Bertoia returned to Pennsylvania and began to work at Bertoia Studio with his father. Val worked extensively with his father from 1972 to 1978. The two primarily worked on his father’s Sound Sculpture...
Metal
$15,650
Small 2 Rods
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Inscribed with artist's number on base
Metal
$2,650
H 44 in W 20.25 in D 10 in
"Melody in G" Original Painted Steel Sculpture by: Ralph Wickstrom
By Ralph Wickstrom
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Melody in G" is a painted steel sculpture by Ralph Wickstrom created in 2000. Wickstrom's portfolio is very diverse in form and shape, and yet this piece seems to stand out from the...
Steel
Untitled
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ben McLeod (b. 1948, Aberdeen, Scotland) is a preeminent Canadian sculptor whose over five-decade practice is characterized by a profoundly self-propelled trajectory and the cultivat...
Steel
$7,500
H 12.5 in W 22.75 in D 12.5 in
Brutalist Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture Metropolis Manner of Louise Nevelson
By Abbott Pattison
Located in Surfside, FL
A very heavy, massive bronze sculpture by an important Chicago sculptor. Signed and marked "Firenze" with "Fuse Marinelli". METROPOLIS. Seven abstract shapes on black marble base. 1...
Marble, Bronze
Lantern Column I
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column I Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 41 3/4" inches Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel, Iron
$2,500
H 5.5 in W 3 in D 2.25 in
The Lady maquette, replica of Chicago Picasso sculpture, American Bridge Company
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
(After) Pablo Picasso The Lady (Maquette), ca. 1967 Mixed Media Sculpture edition Cor-ten Steel This maquette is based upon the original Chicago Picasso-a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture, dedicated on August 15, 1967, in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop...
Stone, Steel
$2,000
H 34 in W 5 in D 5 in
The Long and the Short of It - Modern Blue Organic Geometric Steel Sculpture
By Granville Beals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipulate metals to defy the expectation of the medium forms, but explores the relationship between the human figure and the landscape, color and texture, and most importantly between people at an individual and social level. He established innovative ways to push the boundaries of his technique, creating modern abstract geometric designs inspired by contemporary art and architecture as well as organic forms expressing the unique vision for humanity in a modern world. This blue contemporary sculpture...
Metal, Steel
$4,860
H 42 in W 40 in D 5 in
Don't Let Them Burst Your Bubble: Luna, Cerulean - blown glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary glass wall sculpture features cerulean colored bubbles. Cheryl Wilson Smith is known for her uniquely beautiful glasswork—its form, colour and texture are often in...
Metal
x121
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ben McLeod (b. 1948, Aberdeen, Scotland) is a preeminent Canadian sculptor whose over five-decade practice is characterized by a profoundly self-propelled trajectory and the cultivat...
Steel
Large Billy Lee Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Billy Lee (Chinese/British) Additional Information: Billy Lee is well exhibited worldwide and known for his large abstract minimalist sculptures. He has received nu...
Steel
$528
H 35.44 in W 24.41 in D 6.7 in
Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini (1939-2011) Drawn iron and cast iron base H90xW62xD17 Signed on the base Circa 1975 490€
Steel
$950
H 6.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Rare Antique Judaica Hanging Bronze Jewish Synagogue or Temple Oil Lamp w Chain
Located in Surfside, FL
6.5 X 4.5 X 4.5 18" chain Antique Judaica brass hanging Sabbath or Synagogue Oil Lamp with seven wick oil reservoir. Heavy brass or bronze chain and hook for hanging. Estimated to the 19th century or earlier. there are no markings but similar pieces have been in the Bezalel Museum collection and the Israel Museum collection and the Jewish Museum collection in New York city.. Judaic Shabbat...
Brass, Bronze
$7,500
H 17.38 in W 16 in D 5.25 in
"Roland, " George Sugarman, Abstract Steel Sculpture
By George Sugarman
Located in New York, NY
George Sugarman (1912 - 1999) Roland, 1970 Patinated steel 17 3/8 x 16 x 5 1/4 inches Incised with the artist's signature and numbered "15/17" on the underside Manufactured by Lippin...
Steel
36 Rods of Sound in 4 Groups
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed on Base with No. B-1781 Val Bertoia (born 1949) Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from California to Pennsylvania whe...
Metal
Sold
H 15 in W 15.5 in D 6 in
Three-sided Tree (Brutalist biomorphic organic abstract bronze sculpture)
By Val Bertoia
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
VAL BERTOIA (b. 1949). Three-sided Tree, Pennsylvania, 1991; Patinated bronze. Signed and serial numbered at bottom. Unique (not an edition). 15″ x 15 1/2″ x 6″; Provenance: the art...
Bronze
Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ