Artist

Harriete Estel Berman

born Harrisburg, PA 1952
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Born
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Harriete Estel Berman has made a career out of recycling metal food containers, dollhouses, and other household goods. The artist has created different series of works that ask what women in America can expect from a culture that demands sexiness as well as hard work. The fact that she works with a sheet-metal brake and other powerful tools that are traditionally used by men only emphasizes Bermans satirical view of "woman's work" in America.

Works by this artist (3 items)

William Lyman Underwood, Joe Mell, Asleep in His Canoe, ca. 1895, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.186
Joe Mell, Asleep in His Canoe
Artist
Dateca. 1895
platinum print
Not on view
William Lyman Underwood, Making Tea and Toast for Mrs. Underwood (Ida), ca. 1895, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.187
Making Tea and Toast for Mrs. Underwood (Ida)
Artist
Dateca. 1895
platinum print
Not on view
William Lyman Underwood, Three Porcupines, ca. 1895, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.188
Three Porcupines
Artist
Dateca. 1895
platinum print
Not on view