
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Candelabra
Peter Berg · 1920–21
Provenance
Ownership history
- With Varchmin Arts and Crafts Associates, Chicago, by 1988; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, <em>Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980</em>, Oct. 14, 2021–Jan. 9, 2022; Oslo, Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Mar. 17–Aug. 7, 2022; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 9, 2022–Feb. 5, 2023; Milwaukee Art Museum, Mar. 24–July 23, 2023, cat. 13 (Stockholm, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee only).
Literature
Published references
- Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., <em>American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 82 (ill.).
- Elizabeth McGoey, ed., <em>American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), <a href="https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6">https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6</a>, cat. 82 (ill.).
- Barbara Schnitzer, "The Lives and Times of Three Chicago Metalsmiths," The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 13, 2020, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/articles/869/the-lives-and-times-of-three-chicago-metalsmiths">https://www.artic.edu/articles/869/the-lives-and-times-of-three-chicago-metalsmiths</a>, (ill.).
- Bobbye Tigerman, et al., <em>Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980</em>, exh. cat. (DelMonico Books•Prestel, 2020), 50, cat. 13 (ill.).
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