UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Artist: Richard Faralla (1916-1996)
Duane "Richard" Raoul Faralla was born in New York on March 19, 1916. "Richard" Faralla studied at the California School of Fine Arts. Previously a painter, in 1959 he turned to sculptures and reliefs assembled from small scraps of wood gathered from construction sites. A long-time resident of San Francisco, he died in Sonoma County, California on August 2, 1996.
Exhibited: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1966 (solo).
Works held: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"