D.HO.4
Vase
c.1940
Bronze
Spun, probably from existing tube
H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm) (diameter) (at top)
Initialed and inscribed bottom: "HB" and "CA" (Cranbrook logo)
Marked with Cranbrook accession number on bottom in red.
Provenance
Exhibitions
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 Vase.
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life, January 29–April 23, 2022. (Exhibition catalogue: Morse and Sullivan 2022), no. 2, ill. in color, as Vase.
Published References
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), discussed p. 166, ill. in color p. 168, as Vase.
Von Eckardt, Wolf. "Design: Our Bauhaus." Time 123, no. 19 (May 7, 1984), ill. in color p. 118, as Vase.
Montgomery, Susan J. "The Sound and the Surface: The Metalwork of Harry Bertoia." Metalsmith (Summer 1987), p. 22, ill. in b/w, as Vase.
Record last updated August 29, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Harry Bertoia Foundation. "Vase, c.1940 (D.HO.4)." In Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2251 (accessed on November 24, 2024).