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Harry Bertoia

(Italy, 1915-1978)
Harry Bertoia
(Italy, 1915-1978)

A PAIR OF HARRY BERTOIA "SIDE CHAIR", Knoll International.

Width 53 cm.

Wear. Lose seats with wear, dry cracks and tears.

Designer

The furniture designer, sculptor, jewelry designer, metalsmith, and artist Harry Bertoia was born in San Lorenzo in Italy in 1915 but emigrated to the United States as a 15-year-old, where his older brother lived. After studying art and design at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, he was awarded a scholarship for studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. During this period, he met the architect Walter Gropius, Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and Florence Schust Knoll, who influenced Bertoia's life and design.


Bertoia is known for having designed the Diamond Chair in braided steel wire for Knoll in 1952, which today is considered a modern design icon.


In the late 1950s, Bertoia was almost exclusively devoted to working with sculpture. His sculptural works were made in processed metal to be able to produce different sounds. Bertoia performed several concerts with the sculptures and recorded ten albums.

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Hammer price
11 100
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993
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1 016
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Estimate
4 000 SEK
The auction is closed.
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Bid history (32 bids)
8
A
Aug 15, 2019 9:43 PM
11 100 SEK
9
Aug 15, 2019 9:43 PM
10 600 SEK
8
Aug 15, 2019 9:41 PM
10 000 SEK
9
Aug 15, 2019 9:41 PM
9 900 SEK
8
A
Aug 15, 2019 9:37 PM
8 510 SEK
9
Aug 15, 2019 9:37 PM
8 310 SEK
8
Aug 15, 2019 8:50 PM
6 700 SEK
7
Aug 15, 2019 8:49 PM
6 500 SEK
8
A
Aug 15, 2019 8:49 PM
6 400 SEK
8
Aug 15, 2019 8:47 PM
6 200 SEK
7
A
Aug 15, 2019 8:42 PM
6 000 SEK
8
Aug 15, 2019 8:42 PM
6 000 SEK
7
A
Aug 15, 2019 8:41 PM
5 800 SEK
8
Aug 15, 2019 8:41 PM
5 600 SEK
7
Aug 15, 2019 9:00 AM
5 400 SEK
4
Aug 14, 2019 11:31 PM
5 200 SEK
7
A
Aug 14, 2019 11:25 PM
5 000 SEK
4
Aug 14, 2019 11:25 PM
5 000 SEK
7
Aug 14, 2019 10:16 PM
4 700 SEK
4
A
Aug 14, 2019 10:15 PM
4 500 SEK
7
Aug 14, 2019 10:15 PM
4 500 SEK
4
Aug 12, 2019 9:00 PM
3 700 SEK
6
Aug 12, 2019 8:08 PM
3 500 SEK
4
Aug 11, 2019 11:25 PM
3 201 SEK
5
Aug 11, 2019 5:01 PM
3 001 SEK
4
A
Aug 11, 2019 5:01 PM
3 000 SEK
4
A
Aug 11, 2019 5:00 PM
2 800 SEK
5
Aug 11, 2019 5:00 PM
2 600 SEK
4
Aug 11, 2019 10:02 AM
2 400 SEK
3
Aug 10, 2019 3:14 PM
2 200 SEK
2
Aug 8, 2019 11:22 PM
2 000 SEK
1
Aug 8, 2019 5:25 PM
1 000 SEK
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