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Harry Bertoia

prototype chair
USA, c.
1940 birch plywood, dowel rods 18 w x 21 d x 33½ h in (46 x 53 x 85 cm)
result: $22,500







provenance: Acquired directly from the artist | Private collection, Pennsylvania | Wright, Modern Design , 20 March 2005, Lot 135 | Private collection, New York
literature: The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia: The Man, The Artist, The Visionary , Bertoia, pg. 52 illustrates this example


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