Harry Bertoia

American · 1915–1978 · Painter, Printmaker

Harry Bertoia, son of Giuseppe Antonio Bertoia and Maria Secunda Mussio, was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. (Wikipedia)

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701lots offered2000–2026years recorded95%sold (661)$2.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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UntitledLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 2015$550,000≈ £357,328≈ €489,890Sign up to see
"Golden Rods" melt-coated wire sculpturePhillips · Dec 2013$521,000≈ £320,438≈ €378,937Sign up to see
Untitled (Straw Form)Phillips · Jun 2024$292,100≈ £228,507≈ €268,672Sign up to see

Harry Bertoia’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Average price

$18.9kSign up free to see

median $2.3kfree account

High

$550kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

661

of 694 offered · 2000–2026

Sell-through

95%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 562 of 661 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

10 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

7 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	49	49	100%	$1.8kSign up	$1kSign up	$21.3kSign up
Oil	1	1	100%	$21.3kSign up	$21.3kSign up	$21.3kSign up
Works on paper	20	15	75%	$1.7kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$3.8kSign up
Drawing	18	13	72%	$1.7kSign up	$1.7kSign up	$3.8kSign up
Prints & multiples	174	173	99%	$1.4kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$5kSign up
Lithograph	1	1	100%	$699Sign up	$699Sign up	$699Sign up
Woodcut / linocut	4	4	100%	$1.7kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$3.5kSign up
Print (other)	145	144	99%	$1.5kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$5kSign up
Multiple	24	24	100%	$1.2kSign up	$941Sign up	$4.7kSign up
Sculpture	244	232	95%	$35.9kSign up	$21.3kSign up	$550kSign up
Other	207	192	93%	$19.7kSign up	$2kSign up	$292kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	40	35	$1.7kSign up
2025	65	63	$1.4kSign up
2024	51	51	$1.2kSign up
2023	100	97	$1.2kSign up
2022	94	89	$2.8kSign up
2021	50	50	$2kSign up
2020	41	40	$2.1kSign up
2019	37	35	$12.6kSign up
2018	42	40	$7.2kSign up
2017	31	27	$2kSign up
2016	22	21	$4.5kSign up
2015	25	20	$35.8kSign up
2014	14	13	$37.5kSign up
2013	9	9	$3.8kSign up
2012	15	14	$2.7kSign up
2011	14	13	$2.3kSign up
2010	3	3	$490Sign up
2009	1	1	$6.4kSign up
2008	2	2	$1.6kSign up
2007	11	11	$2.4kSign up
2006	16	16	$21.6kSign up
2005	4	4	$19.7kSign up
2004	1	1	$510Sign up
2002	1	1	$805Sign up
2001	4	4	$6.3kSign up
2000	1	1	$1.1kSign up