About Emry Kopta

Emry Kopta

“Emry Kopta Walpi, Arizona © 1914” Believed to be cast at Roman Bronze Works in NY.
Emry Kopta was born in Graz, Austria, and, after coming to the US, lived and worked for more than twelve years at First Mesa with a Hopi family. While living as part of the community, he made more than two hundred photographs of the Hopi, as well as a number of sculptures. He is noted for his terra-cotta portrait busts of Hopi people. Many of the models have been destroyed, but during his lifetime and after his death, several were cast in bronze.