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Additional authors

1. Bertoia, Harry

Description

1. 279 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

1. From chapel altarpieces and bronze fountains, to wire chairs and silver brooches, Harry Bertoia's creative output was varied in the extreme. This new book explores his entire career: his move from Italy to Detroit at 15; his formative years at Cranbrook; his work with Charles Eames and Knoll; through to his fascinating sound sculptures. In doing so, the book demonstrates how seemingly disparate works are in fact united in being reflections of nature, and places Bertoia's art squarely at the heart of American modernism.

Subject

1. Bertoia, Harry
2. Metal sculpture, American > 20th century
3. Art metal-work

Contents

1. From San Lorenzo to the art world -- Cranbrook 1937-43 -- California : art and industry 1943-50 -- Knoll and chairs 1950-52 -- Sculpture and graphics of the 1950s -- New forms, new techniques 1960-78 -- Rods, sheets, and sounds 1959-78.

Call number

1. JQF 19-918

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-273) and index.

Author

1. Twitchell, Beverly H. (Beverly Hamilton), 1946- author.

Title

1. Bertoia : the metalworker / Beverly H. Twitchell.

Publisher

1. London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-273) and index.

Added author

1. Bertoia, Harry. Works. Selections.

LCCN

1. 2018459631

ISBN

1. 9780714878072 (hardback)
2. 0714878073 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JQF 19-918