"I am rather silent, resolute and industrious. I can use any tool or machinery with dexterity." So described a 21 year old, and apparently extremely self-confident, Harry Bertoia himself on his application for Cranbrook Academy of Art. That the boast was anything other than hollow is something Harry Bertoia was to go on to prove. Repeatedly and in many fields. Harry Bertoia 1915 - 1978 (Photo courtesy of Knoll International) Born in San Lorenzo, Italy on March 10th 1915 Arieto Bertoia moved
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