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Willow Sculpture by Harry Bertoia with diamond wire chairs, Grand Island (Nebraska) Public Library (1974)
When I was a kid, this sculpture and furniture were the visual highlight of the main reading room in my hometown's late modernist library. I believe the chairs were upholstered in a chunky orange wool. For me, as a kid growing up in a small town on the prairie, this touch of design always lit up my little mind. (See a better photo of the sculpture here and a 1975 newspaper article about it here).
A less than artful 2007 addition to the library shunted these pieces to a hidden corner of the library. When I looked around, I was sad to see that their new context is so unflattering, but I was glad to see that they were kept.
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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012
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