Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art: Bush

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Bush

Coming to Detroit at an early age, Harry Bertoia first learned jewelry making and later studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he remained after graduation to head the metalworking department. Bertoia created large-scale public-sculpture commissions as well as small-scale decorative pieces such as Bush, which demonstrates his early training in jewelry and fine metalworking. Although abstract, Bush evokes an underwater creature or a dandelion plant that has lost its fuzzy spores.

Artist: Harry Bertoia, American, born Italy, 1915-1978
Medium: Bronze, dark red and green patina
Dimensions: Height: 15in. (38.1cm)
Collections: Contemporary Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Modern Life, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 1996.150.7
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden
Image: Overall, 1996.150.7_transp5592.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Collections: Contemporary Art: Bush