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1916 New York City - 2015 Rye, New York. Known for: Industrial design, pop art furniture, logos, surreal sculpture.
Following is The New York Times obituary of Irving Harper. By Sam Roberts, September 10, 2015. Irving Harper, who pioneered Pop Art furniture design with whimsical mid-20th-century modernist classics... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Irving Harper. By Sam Roberts, September 10, 2015. Irving Harper, who pioneered Pop Art furniture design with whimsical mid-20th-century modernist classics like the marshmallow sofa, the ball clock and the sunburst clock, died on Aug. 4 at his home in... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Irving Harper. By Sam Roberts, September 10, 2015. Irving Harper, who pioneered Pop Art furniture design with whimsical mid-20th-century modernist classics like the marshmallow sofa, the ball clock and the sunburst clock, died on Aug. 4 at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 99. The cause was kidney failure, his daughter, Elizabeth Harper Williams, said. Mr. Harper was famously obscure, working as an industrial designer from 1947 to 1963 for George Nelson,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Irving Harper. By Sam Roberts, September 10, 2015. Irving Harper, who pioneered Pop Art furniture design with whimsical mid-20th-century modernist classics like the marshmallow sofa, the ball clock and the sunburst clock, died on Aug. 4 at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 99. The cause was kidney failure, his daughter, Elizabeth Harper Williams, said. Mr. Harper was famously obscure, working as an industrial designer from 1947 to 1963 for George Nelson, who was often credited with the company’s creations for the Herman Miller furniture line. Even Mr. Harper’s death last month received scant attention, except in local newspapers. Mr. Harper’s creations included exhibits at the 1939 and 1964 World’s... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Irving Harper. By Sam Roberts, September 10, 2015. Irving Harper, who pioneered Pop Art furniture design with whimsical mid-20th-century modernist classics like the marshmallow sofa, the ball clock and the sunburst clock, died on Aug. 4 at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 99. The cause was kidney failure, his daughter, Elizabeth Harper Williams, said. Mr. Harper was famously obscure, working as an industrial designer from 1947 to 1963 for George Nelson, who was often credited with the company’s creations for the Herman Miller furniture line. Even Mr. Harper’s death last month received scant attention, except in local newspapers. Mr. Harper’s creations included exhibits at the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs in New York, department store interiors and the Herman Miller company logo (an evolving stylized letter “M... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of Irving Harper.
By Sam Roberts, September 10, 2015
Irving Harper, who pioneered Pop Art furniture design with whimsical mid-20th-century modernist classics like the marshmallow sofa, the ball clock and the sunburst clock, died on Aug. 4 at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 99.
The cause was kidney failure, his daughter, Elizabeth Harper Williams, said.
Mr. Harper was famously obscure, working as an industrial designer from 1947 to 1963 for George Nelson, who was often credited with the company’s creations for the Herman Miller furniture line. Even Mr. Harper’s death last month received scant attention, except in local newspapers.
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