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"Wave Hill centerpiece" by Dan Friedman
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"Wave Hill centerpiece," 1991, by Dan Friedman.
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Painted metal and wood; 16 ½ x 26 ½ x 17 in. Manufacturer: Neotu. Collection of Susan and Marc Strausberg.

Dan Friedman (1945-1995) worked as a graphic designer at several firms, including Anspach and Pentagram Design. He influenced the "New Wave" in U.S. graphic design by introducing a new design for typography while teaching at Yale University.

Friedman's work appears in New York's Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art and Cooper-Hewitt in New York, among others.


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