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RIT-ART. RIT Art Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: RIT-ART

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

Visiting artist glass collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0126
Abstract

The Visiting artist glass collection is a compilation of more than 90 pieces of glass pieces created by visiting artists to the College of Art and Design. The materials are not dated but are likely from the 1980s up through 2018.

Dates: 1980 - 2019
Found in: RIT Archives

Robert Macon architectural renderings

 Collection — Drawer 1
Identifier: RITArt-0001
Overview

Contains renderings of RIT Henrietta campus buildings, circa 1982-1989, created by Robert Macon of Macon Chaintreuil Jensen Stark Architects LLP.

Dates: circa 1982-1989
Found in: RIT Archives

David M. Spindel photographs and posters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0002
Overview

Creations of David M. Spindel, an American photographer. The collection includes posters and photographs created by Spindel, many of which are signed. Most of the items in the collection focus on baseball memorabilia, although there is an image of John Lennon and a sample of Spindel's rebuses.

Dates: 1989-1996
Found in: RIT Archives

John Wenrich student drawings

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArt-0003
Overview

Drawings done by John Wenrich during his time as a student at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (now the Rochester institute of Technology). Wenrich was an artist best known for his architectural illustrations and renderings. The collection includes sketches of models, still life, and landscapes, as well as some paintings and pen-and-ink drawings.

Dates: 1909-1928
Found in: RIT Archives

Blazing New Trails drawings and other material

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006627099]
Identifier: RITArt-0004
Overview

Original drawings for the book Blazing New Trails: The Biography of a Pioneer in Education (1937) by George Wilson Hoke. The collection includes 78 of the drawings used in Hoke's book, which traced the institutional history of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Also included are several book reviews and a brief biographical sketch of Hoke.

Dates: 1937-1939
Found in: RIT Archives

Hans Christensen drawings

 Collection — Map case Workroom-FF2
Identifier: RITArt-0005
Overview

Pencil drawings of designs created by Hans Christensen, the renowned silversmith and Rochester Institute of Technology professor. Five of the drawings are of a spice box, while one is of a ceremonial mace presented to Mark Ellingson.

Dates: circa 1967
Found in: RIT Archives

RIT 150th Anniversary Art Show collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0006
Overview

Collection of artwork exhibited in the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) 150th Anniversary Art Show. RIT celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1979. The collection includes works by both students and faculty done in a variety of media.

Dates: 1891-1979
Found in: RIT Archives

Michael Furman photographs

 Collection — Drawer 60
Identifier: RITArt-0007
Overview

Four oversize photographs from the "Automobiles: Photographs by Michael Furman" exhibition held March 17 - April 7, 2011 in RIT's SPAS Gallery. Selected photographs were donated by the photographer, an alum of Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT). Furman's specialty is in studio lighting of classic cars. Cars represented in these photographs taken between 2004-2009 are a 1911 Hispano-Suiza, a 1947 Delahaye 135MS, a 1936 Bugatti and a 1932 Chrysler Imperial.

Dates: 1997-2003
Found in: RIT Archives

Lulu Scott Backus ceramics

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0008
Overview

The collection contains 10 pieces of ceramics made by artist Lulu Scott Backus.

Dates: circa 1920-1935
Found in: RIT Archives

Thomas Kekic glassware

 Collection — Carton 1 Tom Kekic 1 decanter with stopper and 8 cups (red glass) FRAGILE: [Barcode: R0006624798]
Identifier: RITArt-0009
Overview

Thomas Kekic glassware contains a set of 8 glasses with decanter.

Dates: 1972
Found in: RIT Archives