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RIT-ART. RIT Art Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: RIT-ART

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Richard H. Eisenhart photo album of the M. Herbert Eisenhart Memorial tapestry

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006627129]
Identifier: RITArt-0078
Overview

Richard M. Eisenhart photo album of the M. Herbert Eisenhart Memorial tapestry contains 12 color and black-and-white 8 x 10 inch photographs documenting the creation of Lesna Fantasja, a tapestry by Donald G. Bujnowski. There is also a program from the dedication on January 12, 1977, and a writing about the artist.

Dates: 1975-1977
Found in: RIT Archives

Frederick W. Brehm photographs of Clark Building construction

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006631062]
Identifier: RITArt-0079
Overview

Frederick Brehm photographs of Clark Building construction contains photographs related to the construction of the Clark Building in 1945. There are two complete copies of the album; one is in a spiral album and the other in a portfolio box.

Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: RIT Archives

View It! The Art and Architecture of RIT photographic images

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006631078]
Identifier: RITArt-0080
Overview

Collection contains 11- CD's of digital files, 85-4 x 5 inch color negatives, 19-color slides, 1- 8x 11 inch color photo of the NTID stained glass window, and a three page inventory of images used in View It! the art and architecture of RIT, a book about the artwork and architecture of the RIT campus.

Dates: 2004
Found in: RIT Archives

John Prip tea and coffee service

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: R0006628911]
Identifier: RITArt-0081
Overview

5 piece silver tea and coffee service by John Prip for Reed & Barton.

Dates: 1960
Found in: RIT Archives

Joseph A. Pecsenke Commedia Dell'Arte etchings

 Collection — Frame 1-22
Identifier: RITArt-0082
Overview

Twenty-two etchings by artist Joseph Pecsenke. The series of etchings is titled Commedia Dell'Arte and focuses on Italian comedic plays.

Dates: circa 1950-1989
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 — Drawer 1
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