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Bertoia, Harry

Author: 
Carroll Gantz
Birth/Death Age: 
1915-1978
Harry Bertoia

Sculptor and furniture designer who was born in Italy, Bertoia emigrated to U.S. in 1930, and became a citizen in 1947. He studied at Cranbrook Academy 1937-1940 and became a teacher there.

Sources: 
100 Years of Design consists of excerpts from a book by Carroll M. Gantz, FIDSA, entitled, Design Chronicles: Significant Mass-produced Designs of the 20th Century, published August 2005 by Schiffer Publications, Ltd.
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