Dandelion

Details

Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)
Dandelion
gilt stainless steel wire on granite base
77 5/8 x 31 x 31 in. (197.2 x 78.7 x 78.7 cm.)
Executed in 1965. This work is unique and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Harry Bertoia Foundation.

Provenance

Private collection, Philadelphia
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 2007, lot 143
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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"Good design takes advantage of all the developments in technical facilities and materials. It accepts and uses the findings and revelations of other men. Yet good design's essential response is toward nature... to natural forms and tendencies that the designer perceives, reacts to, even stumbles on in his investigation of an idea."
- Harry Bertoia

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