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Harry BertoiaCatalogue Raisonné

Artwork: Sonambient

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Photo: Allentown Art Museum
SO.GO.17
Untitled
Alternate title: Double Branched Gongs
1970–71
Bronze sheet and welded bronze on concrete base
Overall: 103 x 55 x 58 in. (261.6 x 139.7 x 147.3 cm)
Branched sculpture: 74 x 57 x 25 in. (187.96 x 144.78 x 63.5 cm)
Concrete base: 39 x 39 in. (99.06 x 99.06 cm)
Disk 1: 72 x 72 in. (182.88 x 182.88 cm)
Disk 2: 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Gift of Audrey and Bernard Berman, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania (1982.017.000)
Provenance
Bernard and Audrey Berman, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1982 (gifted)
Exhibitions
1975–76 Allentown
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Harry Bertoia: An Exhibition of His Sculpture and Graphics, December 14, 1975–February 8, 1976. (Exhibition catalogue: Twitchell 1975), as Double Branched Gongs.
1978 Rutgers
Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, Camden Sculpture 1978, September 1–November 30, 1978, as Double Branched Gongs.
1981 Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 27–September 15, 1981, as Double Branched Gongs.
2010 Lehigh University
Lehigh University Art Galleries, LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Harry Bertoia: Works on Paper and Sculpture, September 8–December 12, 2010, as Double Branched Gongs.
2022 Nasher
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life, January 29–April 23, 2022. (Exhibition catalogue: Morse and Sullivan 2022), as Double Branched Gongs.
Published References
Roden 2000
Roden, Steve. "Epiphanies." The Wire (London, UK) 196 (June 2000), ill. in color, p. 90.
Higgins 2017
Higgins, Tim. "Bertoia sound sculptures reverberate in Allentown." The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), November 15, 2017, as Double Branched Gongs.
Type: Gong
Record last updated October 9, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Harry Bertoia Foundation. "Untitled, 1970–71 (SO.GO.17)." In Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2430 (accessed on June 28, 2025).