id: 149564 accession number: 1979.139 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.139 updated: 2023-03-11 20:51:11.210000 Tonal Sculpture, c. 1971. Harry Bertoia (American, 1915–1978). Bronze; with base: 319 cm (125 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1979.139 © Estate of Harry Bertoia / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Tonal Sculpture title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1971 creation date earliest: 1966 creation date latest: 1976 current location: creditline: Anonymous Gift copyright: © Estate of Harry Bertoia / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: bronze department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Harry Bertoia (American, 1915–1978) - artist --- measurements: with base: 319 cm (125 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1979 opening date: 1980-02-13T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: "I accidentally struck one rod when I wanted to bend it. The sound echoed in my mind for a very long time." In those words Harry Bertoia explains the genesis of a large group of works which he called "sounding pieces." The largest number of these works are based on groups of interacting wires, but he also expanded his notion of sculpture that produces audible tones to include "singing bars" and gongs. Bertoia set up a remodeled barn in 1968-69 to hold his special collection of tonal sculptures and to function as a sound recording studio. He gave small concerts to visitors and friends and recorded 11 albums of the haunting sounds of sculpture known as "Sonambient" during his lifetime. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES