Harry Bertoia

Harry Bertoia (1915 to 1978) was an Italian-born American sculptor, furniture designer and, late in life, a maker of sound. He emigrated to the United States in 1930 and after the war designed for Knoll the wire chairs that made his name. From the 1960s he built his Sonambient sculptures, stands of tall metal rods that hum, ring and roar when struck or swayed, and recorded them on a series of self-released albums.