Bird Chair and Ottoman

Provenance

Purchased from Knoll, Inc. by Ruth Campbell, Winnetka, IL, 1965/66; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017.

Bird Chair and Ottoman

Harry Bertoia

Designed 1952; made 1965/66

Accession Number

240987

Medium

Steel and wool

Dimensions

Chair: 102.2 × 97.8 × 83.8 cm (40 1/4 × 38 1/2 × 33 in.); Ottoman: 36.8 × 59.7 × 43.8 cm (14 1/2 × 23 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Classification

furniture

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Campbell