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Type: Hollowware
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D.HO.2
Tea Service
1938–39
Silver and acrylic
Teapot: 5 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (14.3 x 10.5 x 18.4 cm)
Creamer: 2 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (6.4 x 7.3 x 12.1 cm)
Sugar Bowl with Cover: 3 /14 x 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (0.5 x 10.8 x 7.3 cm)
Tray: 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (1.9 x 32.4 x 22.5 cm)
Exhibitions
American Craft Museum, New York, Craft in the Machine Age: European Influence on American Modernism, 1920-45, October 19, 1995–February 25, 1996. Traveled to: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 7–November 3, 1996; Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, January 25–March 30, 1997; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, June 15–August 15, 1997; Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, September 28–November 30, 1997.
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life, January 29–April 23, 2022. (Exhibition catalogue: Morse and Sullivan 2022), no. 1, ill. in color, as Tea Service.
Published References
Montgomery, Susan J. "The Sound and the Surface: The Metalwork of Harry Bertoia." Metalsmith (Summer 1987), pp. 23, 25, ill. in b/w, as Tea Service.
Twitchell, Beverly H. Bertoia: The Metalworker. London: Phaidon, 2019. Monograph, pp. 34-35, 61, fig. 36, as Tea Service.
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Record last updated April 12, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Harry Bertoia Foundation. "Tea Service, 1938–39 (D.HO.2)." In Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.harrybertoia.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1216 (accessed on November 24, 2024).