HARRY BERTOIA | UNTITLED (WELDED FORM)

Collection of Kaare Berntsen (acquired directly from the artist)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Nancy N. Schiffer and Val O. Bertoia, The World of Bertoia, Atglen 2003, pp. 92, 98, 100 (for related examples)

Celia Bertoia, The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia, Atglen 2015, p. 148 (for a related example)

The present lot was originally owned by Kaare Berntsen, an Oslo-based gallerist and close personal friend of Harry Bertoia. It has remained in the family’s collection since the period. This work is a deeply sculptural and complex “welded form” is constructed from individual bronze rods welded together to create a three-dimensional contoured surface. The result is evocative of an other-worldly landscape and showcases the incredible technical ability of the artist.