Catalog for/by Wright

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CLIENT

Wright is a Chica­go, IL-based auc­tion house spe­cial­iz­ing in mod­ern and con­tem­po­rary art and design. Auc­tions are metic­u­lous­ly curat­ed across the spec­trum of twen­ti­eth and twen­ty-first cen­tu­ry design. 

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BRIEF

This book was cre­at­ed to show­case a col­lec­tion of icon­ic Har­ry Bertoia Son­am­bi­ent sculp­tures from The Stan­dard Oil Com­mis­sion’s mon­u­men­tal instal­la­tion in Chica­go. Wright’s own his­to­ry of pro­mot­ing the works of Har­ry Bertoia required that the book thought­ful­ly rep­re­sent the pieces with authority.

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APPROACH

A large square for­mat was cho­sen so that the mon­u­men­tal sculp­tures could be illus­trat­ed with gus­to. Metal­lic sheets reflect­ed the mate­ri­als Bertoia used for the son­am­bi­ent sculp­tures. A cus­tom-mix of gloss and satin var­nish was cre­at­ed by our print­er to set off the pho­tos just right. The Heav­en 42 body stock is cool and smooth, print­ing our fine-detailed pho­tographs with ease. For the cov­er, two pass­es through the press enabled us to demon­strate the metal­lic nature of the works, fin­ish­ing with a bold black foil, abbre­vi­at­ing the title to sim­ply: Bertoia.