The Tatti Family Collection | February 19, 2025
Wed, Feb 19, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 532
Harry Bertoia Sculpture
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
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Untitled, circa 1968, one of 36, unsigned, sticker on base "13", stainless steel wire on steel rod and base, 64-1/2 x 34 in.(with base 72-1/2 in.)
Provenance: The Tatti Family Collection
Note: This work is included in the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following number: S.BW.84.
Similar sculptures were commissioned for the banking lobby of the Seattle First National Building in downtown Seattle, Washington, designed by the architectural firm of Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson. The group of 36 "willow" sculptures hung from the ceiling of the banking lobby, while the model he created for the project was also displayed at the bank as a separate standing floor piece. During the construction process, it was determined that the sculptures were best lit from inside and Bertoia worked with the architects and electrical engineers to develop a specialized lighting system. The artist traveled to Seattle to install the sculptures, which were grouped in one, two, and three units of varying sizes and diameters. In 1983, Seattle First, or Seafirst as it was then known, was acquired by Bank of America and Bertoia's commission was dismantled, with individual pieces subsequently sold." This work does not currently have enough provenance information to directly tie it to this commission.
Reference: https://catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1107
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The Tatti Family Collection
warm silver gray patina, broken wires with some trimmed primarily in interior some elongated (displaced), base and post with abrasions and some minor areas of oxidation on surface of base
