Brooch
Harry Bertoia
(American (born in Italy), 1915–1978)
1941
Object PlaceBloomfield Hills, Michigan
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 8.6 x 13.3 x 1 cm (3 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Daphne Farago Collection
Accession number2017.4932
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionLike Alexander Calder, with whom he exhibited jewelry on several occasions, sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia made jewelry using hammered wire. The shapes of his jewelry referred to-without literally rendering-the forms and movement of organic life, such as plants, sea creatures, or amoebas.
ProvenanceBy 1995, Mark McDonald Gallery, Hudson, NY; May 17, 1995, sold by Mark McDonald to Daphne Farago (b. 1924 - d. 2017), Little Compton, RI; 2017, bequest of Daphne Farago to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)CopyrightSonambient® and Bertoia
Harry Bertoia
