Artwork: Sonambient

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Photo: North Carolina Museum of Art

SO.TO.251

Untitled

Alternate title: Singing Rods

Barto, PA

Beryllium copper

52 x 9 x 9 in. (132.1 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)

Rod layout: 6 x 6; 5 x 5 (61 total rods)

Gift of Mary and Jim Patton, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina (2014.20.9)

Provenance

Collection of the Artist

Mary and James R. Patton Jr., Great Falls, Virginia, February 1973

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2014 (gifted)

Exhibitions

1978 Benjamin Mangel Gallery

Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Bala Cynwood, Pennsylvania, Harry Bertoia Sculpture, May 5–27, 1978, as Singing Rods.

2015 North Carolina Museum of Art

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, The Patton Collection: A Gift to North Carolina, March 28–August 23, 2015, as Singing Rods.

Type: Tonal

Keyword:
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External Links

North Carolina Museum of Art (https://ncartmuseum.org/object/singing-rods/)

Record last updated April 12, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Harry Bertoia Foundation. "Untitled, Barto, PA (SO.TO.251)." In Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2347 (accessed on June 28, 2025).