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Dolly Perutz

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Adolphine Dolly Perutz (1908–1979) was an American sculptor and graphic artist.[1][2]

Biography

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Perutz was born in Beroun, just outside of Prague, Austria Hungary.[3][4] Perutz was Jewish; when the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938, she and her husband Tino Perutz decided to move to the United States.[5][4]

Examples of Perutz's work are included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[2] the Brooklyn Museum,[6] the New York Public Library[7] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[8] Her sculpture Bird Flying Machine is part of the collection of the New York City Parks department, and is on display on the roof of the Arsenal, Central Park.[9]

References

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  1. ^ The New York Times Biographical Service. New York Times & Arno Press. January 1995.
  2. ^ a b "Dolly Perutz". www.whitney.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  3. ^ Geneviève Bénamou (1985). Sensibilités contemporaines: 70 artistes d'origine tchèque et slovaque hors Tchécoslavaquie, 1970-1984. G. Bénamou. ISBN 978-2-9500702-1-0.
  4. ^ a b Kathy Perutz (16 September 2016). "In My Beginning". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. ^ Lopez, Rosemary (26 December 1976). "6 Bedrooms and 300 Years". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  7. ^ Library, New York Public (1986). "Annual Report".
  8. ^ "Bird over City,ca. 1966". www.metmuseum.org. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Central Park Monuments - Bird Flying Machine : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.