Harry Bertoia
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Harry Bertoia #557Blue-Chip

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Selected Works267

Museum Acquisitions

33 Institutions
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
Met
Met
Met
Met
Met
NGA Washington
NGA Washington
NGA Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Previous Sales 128

Christie's
Untitled (Bush), circa 1965
Untitled (Bush), circa 1965
Bought In
Jun 2026
Bonhams
(Untitled) Unique Mobile Sculpturecirca 1960stainless steel wire, stainless steel baseheight 33in (84cm); width 36in (91.5cm); depth 22in (56cm)
(Untitled) Unique Mobile Sculpturecirca 1960stainless steel wire, stainless steel baseheight 33in (84cm); width 36in (91.5cm); depth 22in (56cm)
Bought In
Mar 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled (Spill Cast Sculpture)
Untitled (Spill Cast Sculpture)
$88,200
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Untitled (Standing Figure)
Untitled (Standing Figure)
$30,240
Dec 2021
Christie's
Bush
Bush
$21,600
Jan 2005
Christie's
Bush
Bush, 1977
$28,680
Sep 2003
Christie's
Bush
Bush
$5,875
Nov 2001
Christie's
Sound Sculpture
Sound Sculpture
$39,950
Jun 2001
Christie's
Bush
Bush, 1971
$11,162
May 2001
Christie's
Untitled (Green Bush)
Untitled (Green Bush), 1968
$23,500
Dec 2000
Christie's
Sound Sculpture
Sound Sculpture, 1967
$22,325
Dec 2000
Christie's
Green Bush
Green Bush
$15,275
Nov 2000
Christie's
Blue Bush
Blue Bush
$9,987
Nov 2000
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (Monumental Spray)
Untitled (Monumental Spray)
$18,900
Nov 2024
Swann Auction Galleries
Untitled (#1321)
Untitled (#1321)
Bought In
Nov 2022
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sonambient Sculpture
Sonambient Sculpture
$37,500
Mar 2015
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sculpture Screen from the First National Bank of Miami, Florida
Sculpture Screen from the First National Bank of Miami, Florida
Bought In
Mar 2015
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sonambient Sculpture
Sonambient Sculpture
$62,500
May 2014
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (sculpture)
Untitled (sculpture)
$11,250
Dec 2012
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sound Sculpture
Sound Sculpture
$17,500
Dec 2011
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Tonal Sculpture
Tonal Sculpture
$63,750
Mar 2011
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Tonal Sculpture
Tonal Sculpture
$42,500
Mar 2011
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (2)
Untitled (2)
Bought In
Jun 2009
Wright
Untitled (Willow)
Untitled (Willow)
Bought In
Jun 2026
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Standing Willow from Seattle First National Bank
Standing Willow from Seattle First National Bank
Bought In
May 2026

For Sale 12

Heather James Fine Art · 1stDibs
Untitled (Suspended Willow)
Untitled (Suspended Willow)
$60,000
Ashley John Gallery · 1stDibs
"Spray"
"Spray"
$49,375
Heather James Fine Art · 1stDibs
Willow Sculpture
Willow Sculpture
$150,000
Heather James Fine Art · 1stDibs
Untitled (Sounding Sculpture)
Untitled (Sounding Sculpture)
$275,000
GREGG SHIENBAUM FINE ART · 1stDibs
Spray
Spray
$25,500
Heather James Fine Art · 1stDibs
Untitled (Sounding Sculpture)
Untitled (Sounding Sculpture)
$150,000
20CDesign.com · 1stDibs
Brutalist Abstract Nail Sculpture in the Style of Harry Bertoia
Brutalist Abstract Nail Sculpture in the Style of Harry Bertoia
$1,800
RoGallery · 1stDibs
Modern Abstract Expressionist Landscape Monotype by Harry Bertoia
Modern Abstract Expressionist Landscape Monotype by Harry Bertoia
$7,500
Monoprint on Rice Paper
RoGallery · 1stDibs
Untitled 4, Modern Abstract Monotype by Harry Beroia
Untitled 4, Modern Abstract Monotype by Harry Beroia
$7,500
Monoprint on Rice Paper
RoGallery · 1stDibs
untitled 1, Framed Abstract Monoprint by Harry Bertoia
untitled 1, Framed Abstract Monoprint by Harry Bertoia
$7,500
Monoprint on Rice Paper
RoGallery · 1stDibs
Untitled 2, Abstract Geometric Framed Monoprint by Harry Bertoia
Untitled 2, Abstract Geometric Framed Monoprint by Harry Bertoia
$7,500
Monoprint on Rice Paper
20CDesign.com · 1stDibs
Harry Bertoia Melt Pressed Bronze Figural Sculpture, 1970s
Harry Bertoia Melt Pressed Bronze Figural Sculpture, 1970s
$8,000
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Market1,643 auction results

trending_upSculpture/objects Range
$1.3K – $1.9M
49 of 61 sculpture/objects lots with prices
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$90.8K
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$52.9K
49 priced sculpture/objects lots
calendar_todayLast Sculpture/objects Sale
Dec 2025 · $71.0K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Sculpture/objects: $52.9K medianPaintings: $834 medianWorks on paper: $2.1K medianUnclassified lots: $113K medianEditioned prints: $3.0K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.9K median
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Publications1

Monograph 1

Bertoia
Phaidon Press · 2019
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News12

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How the World’s Great Artist Foundations Stay Solvent
The article examines how major artist-endowed foundations, such as the Keith Haring Foundation and the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, maintain financ…
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‘I am very decisive’: designer Jennifer Gilbert on what she collects and why
Designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Jennifer Gilbert, based in Detroit, is selling select works from her contemporary art and design collection…
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Telfair Museums In Savannah Honor Impact On Artists Of Nearby Ossabaw Island
Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia, has opened a new exhibition titled "Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now," exploring …
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Can Art Feel?
Hyperallergic's newsletter explores the question of whether artworks can possess personhood, drawing on Lisa Siraganian's essay that references the 20…
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Joan Semmel Kicks Ass at 93
A profile of 93-year-old artist Joan Semmel reveals her continued artistic vigor and rising market demand. The article details her recent studio visit…
peopleApr 20, 2026
Collector Jennifer Gilbert Is Selling Modernist Masterpieces to Fund Her New Arts Space
Jennifer Gilbert, the Detroit-based entrepreneur and philanthropist, is auctioning a selection of Modernist masterpieces from her private collection t…
marketApr 17, 2026
Harry Bertoia Gets His Moment
The city of Detroit is experiencing a significant Harry Bertoia revival, centered around the rediscovery and restoration of a massive 26-foot suspende…
exhibitionsApr 17, 2026
Jennifer Gilbert Consigns Blue-Chip Works to Sotheby’s to Fund Detroit Arts Space
Philanthropist Jennifer Gilbert is consigning a selection of blue-chip postwar artworks to Sotheby’s this spring to fund Lumana, a new arts nonprofit …
marketApr 17, 2026
rediscovered harry bertoia sculpture gm global headquarters
A long-lost 1970 Harry Bertoia hanging sculpture, commissioned for a mall in Flint, Michigan, has been restored and installed in the atrium of General…
newsJan 5, 2026
An Exhibition in Dallas Challenges the Traditional Notions of Jewelry
The Dallas Museum of Art has opened "Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art," its largest-ever exhibition of contemporary je…
exhibitionsNov 21, 2025
An exhibition at Cranbrook Museum of Art spotlights overlooked perspectives from the midcentury modern movement
The Cranbrook Museum of Art has opened a new exhibition that highlights underrepresented voices and overlooked perspectives within the midcentury mode…
exhibitionsSep 26, 2025
Cranbrook Art Museum's "Eventually Everything Connects" Is Mid-Century Modern Design History
Cranbrook Art Museum has opened a new design exhibition titled “Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the United States,” showc…
exhibitionsAug 1, 2025
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Past Exhibitions5

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#168 Hosfelt Gallery

Harry Bertoia In the Great Oneness: Drawings, Sculpture & Sound

Harry Bertoia

Sep 2, 2025 — Oct 11, 2025

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Bruce Museum

Harry Bertoia: Sculpture for Living

Harry Bertoia

1 Museum Dr, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA

Jan 1, 2023 — Apr 7, 2024

Harry Bertoia: Sculpture for Living Oct. 14, 2023 – April 7, 2024

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Allentown Art Museum

Reverberations: Sound Sculptures by Harry Bertoia

Harry Bertoia

31 N 5th St, Allentown, PA 18101, USA

Jan 1, 2017

Reverberations: Sound Sculptures by Harry Bertoia Sun, 11/19/2017 - Sun, 01/07/2018 Harry Bertoia spent more than a decade creating works of art that were al...

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Cranbrook Art Museum

Bent, Cast & Forged: The Jewelry of Harry Bertoia

Harry Bertoia

39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, USA

Mar 14, 2015 — Jun 12, 2015

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Cranbrook Art Museum

With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932

Barbara Isaacs, Benjamin Baldwin, Charles Eames, Chris Schanck, Clyde Burt, Eero Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen, Emily Baker, Florence Knoll, Gere Kavanaugh, Gerhardt Knodel, Harry Bertoia, Harry Weese, Hugh Acton, Jack Craig, Jack Lenor Larsen, Jam Handy Organization, James Haefner, John Risley, Julius Schmidt, Ken Issacs, Marianne Strengell, Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger for Antenna Design, Michael McCoy, Niels Diffrient, Paul Evans, Peter Stathis, Ray Kaiser Eames Studio, Loja Saarinen, Urban Jupena, Winifred “Win” Andersen

39221 Woodward Ave Box 801

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Art Fair Appearances1

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EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2019
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Recent Activity20

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Exhibition
Harry Bertoia: Echoes in Space
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With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932
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‘I am very decisive’: designer Jennifer Gilbert on what she collects and why
May 12, 2026
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Telfair Museums In Savannah Honor Impact On Artists Of Nearby Ossabaw Island
Apr 27, 2026
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News
Can Art Feel?
Apr 23, 2026
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News
Joan Semmel Kicks Ass at 93
Apr 20, 2026
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News
Harry Bertoia Gets His Moment
Apr 17, 2026
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News
Collector Jennifer Gilbert Is Selling Modernist Masterpieces to Fund Her New Arts Space
Apr 17, 2026
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News
Jennifer Gilbert Consigns Blue-Chip Works to Sotheby’s to Fund Detroit Arts Space
Apr 17, 2026
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rediscovered harry bertoia sculpture gm global headquarters
Jan 5, 2026
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News
An Exhibition in Dallas Challenges the Traditional Notions of Jewelry
Nov 21, 2025
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News
An exhibition at Cranbrook Museum of Art spotlights overlooked perspectives from the midcentury modern movement
Sep 26, 2025
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Exhibition
Harry Bertoia In the Great Oneness: Drawings, Sculpture & Sound
Sep 2, 2025
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Exhibition
Harry Bertoia In the Great Oneness: Drawings, Sculpture & Sound
Sep 2, 2025
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News
Cranbrook Art Museum's "Eventually Everything Connects" Is Mid-Century Modern Design History
Aug 1, 2025
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Exhibition
Harry Bertoia: Sculpture for Living
Jan 1, 2023
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Art Fair
EXPO CHICAGO 2019
Sep 19, 2019
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Exhibition
Reverberations: Sound Sculptures by Harry Bertoia
Jan 1, 2017
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Exhibition
Bent, Cast & Forged: The Jewelry of Harry Bertoia
Mar 14, 2015
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Bertoia dies
Jan 1, 1978
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Related News5

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