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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.

Transfer from Cranbrook House, George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth Collection, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (CAM 1980.2)

Provenance

Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1980 (by transfer)

Exhibitions

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 Vase.

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. 2, ill. in color, as Vase.

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), discussed p. 166, ill. in color p. 168, as Vase.

Von Eckardt 1984

Von Eckardt, Wolf. "Design: Our Bauhaus." Time 123, no. 19 (May 7, 1984), ill. in color p. 118, as Vase.

Montgomery 1987

Montgomery, Susan J. "The Sound and the Surface: The Metalwork of Harry Bertoia." Metalsmith (Summer 1987), p. 22, ill. in b/w, as Vase.

Type: Hollowware

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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 April 27, 2025).