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Harry Bertoia Sculptural Kinetic Handcrafted Silver Jewelry Pendant, USA 1940s

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  • Bertoia Foundation Sterling Silver Gong Style Pendant Designed by Harry Bertoia
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in New York, NY
    This is a hand-hammered reproduction of a rare design that Harry Bertoia did at the Bertoia Studio in the 1970s, Bertoia toyed with creating a complete line of jewelry since the 1940...
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    21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Collectible Je...

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  • Limited Edition Sterling Silver Gong Style Pendant Designed by Harry Bertoia
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in New York, NY
    This pendant design was originally hand tooled in the 1970s at the Bertoia shop in Bally, Pennsylvania. Bertoia contemplated a complete line of jewelry since the 1940s pieces had bee...
    Category

    2010s American Collectible Jewelry

    Materials

    Sterling Silver

  • Harry Bertoia Bush Sculpture
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in New York, NY
    "Untitled" (Bush) Sculpture by Harry Bertoia, circa 1970's made of welded bronze. Harry Bertoia, was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, an...
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    Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures

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    Bronze

  • 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. Measures H: 81, W: 16, D: 1...
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    Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

    Materials

    Metal

  • Harry Bertoia Two Column Sonambient Sculpture
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in New York, NY
    An atypical form for Beartoia's (1915-1978) sonambients given it's split in the centre of the rods. A desirable size for display in the home and a typically wonderful sound quality.
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    Vintage 1960s American Industrial Abstract Sculptures

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    Metal

  • Sonambient Rods Sculpture by Harry Bertoia
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in New York, NY
    A sonambient rods sculpture by Harry Bertoia (1915-1978). A desirable size for display in the home and a typically wonderful sound quality.
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    Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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  • Rare Harry Bertoia Sterling Silver Brooch "Ginko Leaves" ca. 1940s
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
    An extremely rare Harry Bertoia sterling silver brooch "Ginko Leaves." The brooch has been added to the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following catalogue raisonné number: D.JE.77. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. The Brooch measures: 2.94 " long x 1.5 " wide x .30 " deep. Although associated with Mid-Century Modern furniture, Harry Bertoia was originally a jewelry designer who used both sterling silver, precious stones and gem stones. The brooch and closure are all handcrafted and the clasp is his unique design. The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry. Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace “Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement. So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms? Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.” Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d-Arzene, Pordenone, Italy. At age 15 he moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with his older brother, Oreste. He quickly learned English and the bus schedule and enrolled in Cass Tech High School in Detroit (1930-1936) where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making. At that time, there were three jewelry and metals teachers Louise...
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    Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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    Sterling Silver

  • Kinetic Spray Sculpture Style of Harry Bertoia
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in West Palm Beach, FL
    This stylish and chic stainless steel kinetic sculpture takes its form from the mid 20th century pieces by Harry Bertoia and is a modern interpritaion by D. Larson. Note: Signed a...
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    21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Ki...

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    Stainless Steel

  • Harry Bertoia bronze
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in Dallas, TX
    American Mid-century artist Harry Bertoia would spend his daylight hours working on the monumental public projects for which he is so well known. In the evenings though, after dinner...
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    Vintage 1970s American Abstract Sculptures

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    Bronze

  • Harry Bertoia bronze
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in Dallas, TX
    American Mid-century artist Harry Bertoia would spend his daylight hours working on the monumental public projects for which he is so well known. In the evenings though, after dinner...
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    Vintage 1970s Abstract Sculptures

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    Bronze

  • Monumental Harry Bertoia Silver Necklace, Bertoia Catalogue Raisonne D.JE.49
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
    WEARABLE ART AN IMPORTANT DESIGN FOR A NECKLACE The necklace is unique and extraordinary. Because of its specific design elements it lays beautifully and comfortably on any body structure. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. It has been authenticated by Val Bertoia and is listed in the Harry Bertoia Foundation Catalogue Raisonne # D.JE.49 having been authenticated as a Harry Bertoia piece. REPLY FROM CHRISTIE'S: "Dear Charles, thank you for contacting Christie's. I am absolutely stunned to see the necklace by Harry Bertoia you have submitted for feedback from us, and I would love to speak with you about the work at your earliest convenience. I am a great fan and a known expert in the work of Harry Bertoia, and I have handled over 600 of his sculptures, jewelry and art over the last 22 years. I have never seen a better piece of his jewelry, and it stands as one of the greatest objects in any category that he made. Michael Jefferson Senior Vice President International Senior Specialist Design" The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry. Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace “Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement. So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms? Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot's clasp and the overall construction of this piece demonstrate. Closed, the necklace sits on a table in a surprisingly conical shape, but it is so flexible that it conforms to its wearer from her neck nearly to her shoulders. Each handmade section is riveted to its neighbors, allowing it to adjust to the body while the pendants curve in many directions: one fits the left clavicle so precisely that Bertoia likely tried it on Brigitta Valentiner, who became his wife in 1943. Other pendants face toward or away from each other, bending up or down. Each element has been hammered into multiple curves and worked in Bertoia’s hands. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, this necklace no doubt caused a sensation in its day as it might at the 2022 Met Ball in ours, for like all of Harry Bertoia’s work, it is timeless.” Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s American Abstract Sculptures

    Materials

    Sterling Silver

  • Harry Bertoia Bush Sculpture
    By Harry Bertoia
    Located in Georges Mills, NH
    Rare patinated bronze bush form, circa 1970 Provenance: Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1970s; Descended in the family.
    Category

    Vintage 1970s American Abstract Sculptures

    Materials

    Copper, Bronze

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