Harry Bertoia sculpture, 1964.

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Harry Bertoia sculpture, 1964.

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Harry Bertoia sculpture includes a series of 7 dandelions, sunburst wall sculpture, and 3 bronze planters. The dandelions were originally made for the Kodak pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, displayed around a spraying fountain. The smallest is 6.5 feet tall and the largest, 10 feet tall with a 6 foot globe. These bronze and gilded wire sculptures, as well as a sunburst wall sculpture were given to RIT by the Eastman Kodak Company.The set of 3 bronze planters were commissioned for the new RIT campus constructed in 1968. When RIT moved from downtown Rochester to its current location in Henrietta, one percent of all construction costs were set aside for the purchase of fine art for the new campus. A committee composed of RIT Trustee Arthur L. Stern, his wife Molly, and Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb, founder of the School for American Crafts, selected the works to be purchased. Among them were a pair of murals by Josef Albers, Henry Moore bronze sculpture, Jose de Riviera granite and steel sculpture, sundial by Alastair Bevington, and a set of three bronze planters by Harry Bertoia. Initially, the planters were displayed in the Student Alumni Union. They are now on display in the atrium of the Golisano Building. Harry Bertoia sculpture contains a set of 7 dandelions, 3 planters, and 1 wall sculpture. Bertoia's dandelions were part of the Eastman Kodak pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

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New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)

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Bertoia, Harry

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B. 1915. From the description of Harry Bertoia artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432972 Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) was a sculptor and furniture designer. From the description of Oral history interview with Harry Bertoia, 1972 June 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595053 Born in Italy in 1915, Bertoia came to America to study at the age of 15. He was educated at the famous Cranbrook Academy of Art ...

Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...