Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan, Cranbrook Fundamentals, October 11, 2003–March 20, 2004, as Ornamental Centipede.

2006–07 Reading

Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, In Nature's Embrace: The World of Harry Bertoia, September 16, 2006–January 7, 2007. (Reading Public Museum 2006), as Ornamental Centipede.

2015 Cranbrook

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Bent, Cast & Forged: The Jewelry of Harry Bertoia, March 14–November 29, 2015. (Exhibition catalogue: Selim 2015), no. 9, ill. in color, pp.40, as Ornamental Centipede. Traveled to: Museum of Arts and Design, New York, May 3–September 25, 2016.

2022 Nasher

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life, January 29–April 23, 2022. (Exhibition catalogue: Morse and Sullivan 2022), no. 7, ill. in color, as Ornamental Centipede.

Published References

Detroit Institute of Arts 1983

Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, 1925-1950. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in Association with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue (1983–84 DIA), p. 166, ill. in b/w, as Centipede.

Montgomery 1987

Montgomery, Susan J. "The Sound and the Surface: The Metalwork of Harry Bertoia." Metalsmith (Summer 1987), p. 24, ill. in b/w, as Ornamental Centipede.

Martin 2015

Martin, Hannah. "Harry Bertoia’s Legacy Lives on in a New Book and Jewelry Exhibition." Architectural Digest, February 28, 2015, ill. in color, as Ornamental Centipede.

Blahut 2015a

Blahut, Chelsea. "Cranbrook Art Museum Presents Harry Bertoia’s Early Visions of Metalsmithing." Architect Magazine, February 11, 2015, ill. in color, as Ornamental Centipede.

Seidel 2016

Seidel, Rebecca. "Two MAD Exhibits Explore Harry Bertoia’s Jewelry, Sonic Work." Architectural Record (New York, NY), May 11, 2016, ill. in color, as Ornamental Centipede.

Record last updated November 13, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Harry Bertoia Foundation. "Ornament, c.1942 (D.MD.3)." In Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1161 (accessed on November 24, 2024).