Product sheet Prototype chair
Designer:
Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia
Prototype chair with original drawing
Birch plywood and dowel
18"w x 21"d x 33.5"h
An important developmental chair by Bertoia. While the overall form of the chair is heavily influenced by the work of Aalto and Breuer, Bertoia's treatment of the seat with its structure of repeated wooden dowels points the way to Bertoia's breakthrough furniture series comprised of metal rods. Bertoia's furniture designs are among the most commercially successful of the twentieth century. This experimental chair is from the artist's personal collection and is quite probably the earliest seating design of Bertoia's career.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Birch plywood and dowel
18"w x 21"d x 33.5"h
An important developmental chair by Bertoia. While the overall form of the chair is heavily influenced by the work of Aalto and Breuer, Bertoia's treatment of the seat with its structure of repeated wooden dowels points the way to Bertoia's breakthrough furniture series comprised of metal rods. Bertoia's furniture designs are among the most commercially successful of the twentieth century. This experimental chair is from the artist's personal collection and is quite probably the earliest seating design of Bertoia's career.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private collection, Pennsylvania
estimated value:
30.000-40.000 US$
reached price:
20.000 US$
Auction:
Modern Design
Sales date: 2005-03-20
location: Chicago
Lot number: 135
30.000-40.000 US$
reached price:
20.000 US$
Auction:
Modern Design
Sales date: 2005-03-20
location: Chicago
Lot number: 135
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