About Harvey Kline Littleton

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    Following is The New York Times obituary of Harvey Littleton.

    Harvey K. Littleton, Pioneer in Glassworks, Dies at 91
    By PAUL VITELLO
    Published: January 4, 2014

    Harvey K. Littleton, an artist who helped found the so-called studio glass movement in the United States, developing and teaching do-it-yourself techniques that freed glassblowing from the cumbersome protocols of factory production and made molten glass almost as easy to work with in the studio as wet clay, died on Dec. 13 in Spruce Pine, N.C. He was 91.

    His death, which had not been widely reported, was confirmed by his daughter Carol Shay.

    Mr. Littleton achieved equal renown as an artist and as a torchbearer for the moveme...

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