D.FU.5
Prototype for Asymmetric Chaise, 429L
Alternate title: Hand Made Chair Prototype (Asymmetric Chaise Lounge)
c.1952
Creation location: Pennsylvania
Steel wire on steel rod base
Brazed and chrome plated
37 x 53 x 32 1/2 in. (94 x 134.6 x 82.6 cm)
This prototype was handcrafted by the artist.
Provenance
Exhibitions
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life, January 29–April 23, 2022. (Exhibition catalogue: Morse and Sullivan 2022), no. 38, ill. in color, as Hand Made Chair Prototype (Asymmetric Chaise Lounge), Collection of Wilbur and Joan Springer.
Published References
Bertoia, Celia. The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia: The Man, the Artist, the Visionary. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, April 2015. Monograph.
Twitchell, Beverly H. Bertoia: The Metalworker. London: Phaidon, 2019. Monograph, pp. 102, 112, figs. 7, 8.
Morse, Jed and Marin R. Sullivan. Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2022. Exhibition catalogue (2022 Nasher), cat. no. 38, ill. in color, as Hand Made Chair Prototype (Asymmetric Chaise Lounge).
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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. "Prototype for Asymmetric Chaise, 429L, c.1952 (D.FU.5)." In Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2697 (accessed on September 7, 2024).