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Harry Bertoia

Harry Bertoia

Artist

WA-00026221

Mixed Media

Representation

None documented

10

Institutional Exhibitions

26

Works in Collection

38

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ2551765 ULAN500032341

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1913�1963

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

No image

Recent Sculpture U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

No image

20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

No image

Good Design: 5th Anniversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

No image

Good Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

No image

Master Prints from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

No image

American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948–1949

No image

Modern Handmade Jewelry

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

No image

Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945

No image

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/harry-bertoia
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/harry-bertoia
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/531
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

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Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (26)

Armchair

1967 · White vinyl-covered steel mesh

77.4 × 85.8 × 71.1 cm (30 1/2 × 33 3/4 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tonal Sculpture

with base: 319 cm (125 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1960 · Monoprint and ink on rice paper

12 × 39" (30.5 × 99.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Construction after the Enjoyment of a Mulberry Tree

Construction after the Enjoyment of a Mulberry Tree

1953 · Steel, bronze, and silver

114.3 × 144.8 × 24.1 cm (45 × 57 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Diamond Chair

Victoria and Albert Museum

Side Chair

1952 · Steel and naugahyde

80.7 × 53.3 × 54.6 cm (31 3/4 × 21 × 21 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ottoman

38.1 × 60.3 × 43.2 cm (15 × 23 3/4 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Small Diamond Chair

Small Diamond Chair

1952 · Steel with wool and nylon upholstery

72.4 × 85.7 × 72.4 cm (28 1/2 × 33 3/4 × 28 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bird Chair and Ottoman

Bird Chair and Ottoman

1952 · Steel and wool

Chair: 102.2 × 97.8 × 83.8 cm (40 1/4 × 38 1/2 × 33 in.); Ottoman: 36.8 × 59.7 × 43.8 cm (14 1/2 × 23 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Armchair

1952 · Plastic-coated wire and rod frame and tweed upholstery over foam-rubber padding

30 1/2 x 35 1/16 x 29" (77.5 x 89.1 x 73.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Side Chair

1952 · Vinyl-coated steel wire, black-oxidized steel rod base, and Naugahyde seat pad

30 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 20 7/8" (76.8 x 54.6 x 53 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Armchair

1952 · Chrome-plated steel wire, chrome-plated steel rods, and Naugahyde

29 7/8 x 33 3/8 x 28" (75.9 x 84.7 x 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Diamond" Chair

1952 · Steel wire, plastic, rubber

27 3/4 × 43 7/8 × 31 3/4 in., 17.6 lb. (70.5 × 111.4 × 80.6 cm, 8 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1950 · Monotype

composition: 7 7/16 x 25" (18.9 x 63.5 cm); sheet: 10 1/4 x 25 13/16" (26 x 65.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1950 · Monotype

composition: 7 7/16 x 25 3/8" (18.9 x 64.4 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 25 11/16" (25 x 65.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1943 · Monoprint

composition and sheet: 18 15/16 × 24 15/16" (48.1 × 63.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition in Grey

Composition in Grey

1940 · Monotype and transfer drawing in black ink with touches of opaque white on cream Japanese paper

Image: 18.7 × 25.2 cm (7 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 19.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition in Green and Brown

Composition in Green and Brown

1940 · Color monotype and transfer drawing on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 17.5 × 12.8 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 19.6 × 13.9 cm (7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition in Brown and Blue

Composition in Brown and Blue

1940 · Color monotype on cream Japanese paper

Plate: 25.1 × 18.7 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 19.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition on Red Ground

Composition on Red Ground

1940 · Color monotype on cream Japanese paper

Image: 41.5 × 32.8 cm (16 3/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 33.7 cm (17 15/16 × 13 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1940 · monotype

Sheet: 21.4 x 27.9 cm (8 7/16 x 11 in.); Image: 21.4 x 27.9 cm (8 7/16 x 11 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fishbone Brooch

1936 · Hammered sterling silver

9.5 x 8.9 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Prototype Chair

1935 · Birch plywood, dowel rods, resin coatings

33 1/2 × 17 13/16 × 19 7/8 in., 8.2 lb. (85.1 × 45.2 × 50.5 cm, 3.7 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled (#1577)

1935 · Monotype on rice paper

Sheet: 16 9/16 × 21 1/8 in. (42 × 53.7 cm) Image: 16 1/8 in. × 20 in. (40.9 × 50.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

26 published of 35 catalogued · 26 with image

Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued13 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
The Met
4 published
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 2 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Tonal Sculpture
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Fishbone Brooch
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Monotype 2302
1940 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Abstraction
1930 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Armchair (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Armchair (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

12

Collections12

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Christie's Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Victoria and Albert Museum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Market

Auction sale history

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Heritage Auctions