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Harry BertoiaWW-1960-M121688

1960·Monoprint and ink on rice paper·12 × 39" (30.5 × 99.1 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1960
Medium: Monoprint and ink on rice paper
Dimensions: 12 × 39" (30.5 × 99.1 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Harry Bertoia

Artist

Harry Bertoia

Mixed Media

Italian-born American sculptor Harry Bertoia is best known for his innovations in the field of sound art as well as for his quintessentially modern furniture. After moving from San Lorenzo, Italy, to Detroit in 1930 at the age of 15, he attended the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts for one year. He then received a scholarship to study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he learned from the work of Walter Gropius and Edmund Bacon, who both were interested in the intersection of fine art and design. Bertoia became the head of the metals department and led the jewelry workshop.

San Lorenzo, Italy

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