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Harry Bertoia (American, 1915-1978)
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Harry Bertoia
Small Spray 1960-1969
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Biography |
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1915 |
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Born in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy |
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1937 |
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He received a scholarship to study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where he encountered Walter Gropius, Edmund N. Bacon and Ray and Charles Eames for the first time, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
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1938 |
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Attended the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, now known as the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI |
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1939 |
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Opened his own metal workshop and taught jewelry design and metal work |
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1943 |
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Married Brigitta Valentiner and moved to California to work with Charles and Ray Eames for the Evans Product Company |
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1950 |
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Moved to Pennsylvania to establish a studio and to work with Hans and Florence Knoll |
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1950 - 1955 |
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The commercial success enjoyed by Bertoia's diamond chair was immediate and in the mid-50's the chairs, produced by Knoll, sold so well that the royalties he received for them allowed him to devote himself exclusively to sculpture |
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1957 |
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Fellow at the Graham Foundation in Chicago, IL |
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1978 |
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Died in Barto, PA |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Pordenone Art Museum, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy |
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2008 |
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Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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2006 |
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Reading Art Museum, Reading, PA |
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2001 |
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Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
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1999 |
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Allentown Art Musuem, Allentown, PA |
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1984 |
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Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1981 |
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Harry Bertoia, Retrospective, Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY |
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1978 |
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Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
Heinie-Onstad Museum, Oslo, Norway |
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1977 |
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Marshall University, Huntington, WV |
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1975 |
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Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Olympia Galleries, Glenside, PA |
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1973 |
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Marshall University, Huntingdon, WV |
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1966 |
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St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN |
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1961 |
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Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY
St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN |
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1958 |
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US Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium |
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1957 |
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The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY |
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1956 |
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Fairweather Harden Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1954 |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
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1952 |
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Knoll Associates, New York, NY |
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1947 |
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Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY |
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1945 |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
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1943 |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY |
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