Dolly Perutz

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

Biography

Perutz was born in Beroun, just outside of Prague, Czechoslovakia.[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
  1. The New York Times Biographical Service. New York Times & Arno Press. January 1995.
  2. "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. 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.
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