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Artists > Henry Turchin
Henry Turchin is known for the line of glass furniture he designed for the H.H. Turchin Company in New York City.
Original set: c. 1939; reproduction shown here: c. 1948
El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth, 2011, bottle caps, material, material (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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