What would you do about this lonely Bertoia?  

I love that photo. I think th...
I love that photo. I think that these modern furniture advertisers should take these real life photos for adverts. Would be a fun campaign to show how universal some designs have become.

Dear Riki...
I think we all agree that it is indeed a Harry Bertoia creation and that the garden of a former Supreme Court judge in Switzerland seems to be an appropriate place for it. It is better than having it in the possession of a Swiss banker, where it would be completely hidden...or the Swiss police who would send it back to an American prison for suspicion that a naked child has been sitting on it...What we do not like is the suspicion of disrespect that comes with the way it is treated, so my proposal is to provide for a suitable black marble base and put it on top as we would do with any piece of art displayed in a park. The next step is of course to provide it with a name plate spelling out the artist's name, the dates marking the beginning and the end of his life, and a short explanation on what it represents. In this case "chair" would be closest to the truth, and finally, the materials used.
Beyond that we can only hope that the judge understands the sudden value of the piece, remembers that his neighbour, who is probably American because her German is not very good and in French she always orders dinner and wine is probably the right person to appreciate this art. Considering his need for redemption for spitting a journalist in the face he will certainly consider giving it to her?.which would be a happy ending.

Koen,
if I wasn't already married, I would marry you. I am going out to find a black marble pedestal next week and put the plan in motion. Ciao, ciao, Riki

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...I am blushing...

To rescue or not to steal
100% you should leave it exactly where it is.....now if you could tell us where that is, just so we have a clearer idea of its geographical location of course.

The photograph is better
than owning the chair. 4.0 from a former University photography teacher!

Photo is good...
Reminds m...
Photo is good...
Reminds me of a cat preparing to pounce on it's prey. Perfect photo for this thread.

I'd respray it green, gradual...
I'd respray it green, gradually, bit by bit, over a few months.. the owners will think it disappeared, quite naturally, in their lovely garden. Then steal it..

Koen....that was hilarious!
I'd marry you too!

...when I was 18 or so...
...my dear mother mentioned in one of these serious mother/son conversations that I should get used to the idea of never getting married. She warned me that there was something with my looks and character that did not appeal to the opposite sex.
...a sudden revolt of those hormones that had a direct interest in the matter made me speechless at the time...
now almost 50 years later I know I should have answered: "...just wait until a Swiss supreme court judge get too busy with his Ukrainian wife and abandons a Bertoia chair in his garden!..."
I also know my mother enough to know the answer: "you see! That's what I mean!"

Ask most women what attracts them most in a mate...
You will get 'humor' and 'intelligence' as a response most of the time. There is something about a clever, funny man who can put us at ease and make us laugh that is the strongest attractant ever made!

shame..
shame.. I'm thick and boring..

Intelligence and humor certainly are strong attractors...
but I have heard from quite a few over the years that it is deft and timely clitoral stimulation that retains them. 🙂

Dear DC
...I fear that what you are suggesting could be seen by the Swiss authorities as the equivalent of building a minaret, a structure that has been voted illigal by the Swiss people...

I have no doubt everyone...
I have no doubt everyone involved in this thread, now has a file with the Swiss secret service.
Bulding and playing with minarets are two different things. This observation is now an offical government document.