Oral history interview with Harry Bertoia
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 1 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bertoia, Harry
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Carroll, John, 1892-1959
label: Names
content: Eames, Charles
label: Names
content: Milles, Carl, 1875-1955
label: Names
content: Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
label: Names
content: Sarkis, 1909-1977
topic: label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Designers -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Bertoia, Harry
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) was a sculptor and furniture designer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 June 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bertoi72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Harry Bertoia conducted 1972 June 20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Bertoia speaks of his childhood in San Lorenzo, Italy; his family; his art education at Cass Technical School, the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit, and Cranbrook Academy; his early metal work and woodcuts; defense work with Charles Eames in Venice, California; development of Eames' prize-winning plywood chair; his chair designs for Knoll International; exhibitions of his sculpture; his experiments with sound and with "sonambient" sculpture; and techniques and materials. Bertoia also discusses his commissioned works for Manufacturer's Trust, General Motors, and Dulles Airport. He recalls John Carroll, Carl Milles, Eero Saarinen, Sarkis Sarkisian, and others.