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Photo: Detroit Institute of Arts
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)
Provenance
Dr. George A. and Mrs. Abbie Kamperman, Detroit (purchased)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1974 (by bequest)
Exhibitions
1995–97 American Craft Museum
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, 1997.2022 Nasher Sculpture Center
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 1987
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 2019
Twitchell, Beverly H. Bertoia: The Metalworker. London: Phaidon, 2019. Monograph, pp. 34-35, 61, fig. 36, as Tea Service.
Record last updated July 10, 2025. 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 August 22, 2025).