A. Contini & Son.

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Plaster casting firm; New York, N.Y.

Following training in Italy, Attilio (1884-1960) and his son Cesare (b. 1907) came to America and operated A. Contini and Son, New York, N.Y, making plaster molds for sculptures by wide group of artists, including James Earle Fraser, Ivan Mestrovic, Herbert Haseltine, A. Stirling Calder, Adolph Weinman, Gaston Lachaise, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

From the description of A. Contini & Son records, 1916-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370422

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associatedWith Baker, Bryant, 1881-1970. person
associatedWith Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945. person
associatedWith Contini, Attilio J., 1884-1960. person
associatedWith Contini, Cesare, 1907- person
associatedWith Evans, Rudulph, 1878-1960. person
associatedWith Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953. person
associatedWith Fraser, Laura Gardin, 1889-1966. person
associatedWith Gregory, John, 1879-1958. person
associatedWith Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901- person
associatedWith Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973. person
associatedWith Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935. person
associatedWith Moore, Bruce, 1905- person
associatedWith Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950. person
associatedWith Recchia, Richard, 1885-1983. person
associatedWith Rubins, David K. person
associatedWith Weinman, Adolph A. 1870-1952. person
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Plaster casts
Sculptors
Sculpture
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Active 1916

Active 1981

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