S.MP.36
Untitled
Alternate title: Commission for the United States Bremen Consulate General Building
1956
Metal
Welded
120 x 216 in. (304.8 x 548.6 cm)
This was the second commission Bertoia realized for a United States Consulate building in Germany, also designed by Gordon Bunshaft for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Little is known about the history of this multiplane screen, which Bertoia made for the United States Consulate General Building in Bremen. Two years later it was exhibited in the American Pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium. The Bremen Consulate closed, and the whereabouts this sculpture are unknown.
Exhibitions
Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), Brussels, Expo '58, April 17–October 19, 1958, Exhibited in the U.S. Pavilion.
Published References
Salditch, Martin. "Reporter at Large: Bally Harbors Top Sculptor." Reading Times (Reading, PA), August 14, 1958, as Commission for the United States Bremen Consulate General Building.
Record last updated February 12, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Harry Bertoia Foundation. "Untitled, 1956 (S.MP.36)." In Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1119 (accessed on April 21, 2025).