Untitled Works

M&T Plaza, Main Street, Buffalo, New York

The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. The assumption is that somewhere, hidden, is a better way of doing things.- Harry Bertoia

Untitled fountain designed by Harry Bertoia was installed at M&T Plaza on August 30, 1968. The fountain is a three ton, 18 foot long copper and bronze sculpture was installed in the pool. The sculpture created a fountain in the reflecting pool by channeling water from the pool through 16 connections that spill over its undulating contours and back into the reflecting pool. The sculpture’s green patina was meant to harmonize with the greenstone used in the plaza and skyscraper. Although the abstract sculpture defies definition, it has been compared to a great sea shell, a giant bird or the waves of the sea.