Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)

“Color, movement, a sensuous tactile enjoyment of surfaces, all these are integral components of Bertoia’s sculpture. They are full of joie de vivre, and instantly appealing…He transforms brass and bronze, stainless steel and nickel rods into rustling wheat fields, into sound waves which swell from a whisper into haunting voices of distant church bells. These shimmering constructions delight the eye as well as the ear, and radiate an uncomplicated and positive acceptance of life. Technically, they are sophisticated, impeccably built and of faultless precision.”

George W. Staempfli, Harry Bertoia Recent Sculpture, Staempfli, New York, 1968, p. 2.