RIT-ART. RIT Art Collection

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The portrait of William Destler was painted by Pranesh Das Purandaradoss, an MBA student at the Saunders College of Business. Destler was RIT's ninth president serving from 2007-2017. This is likely an oil painting, and has been selected by Destler as his official portrait.

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Tage Frid chandelier is finely handcrafted from cast iron. Mr. Frid was a woodworking instructor for the School for American Craftsmen from 1950-1961.

Content Description 280 digital image files made by Howard Levant from his personal photographs. The images were made during his long career as an advertising photographer, before he came to teach at RIT. The advertisements are arranged by type and company: Food, Location, People, Still Life, Gerber, Historic, Kimberly Clark, People test. Also includes oral history interview with Howard and Becky Simmons, RIT Archivist in a WAV file Howard Levant Interview (Becky Simmons, interviewer) The...

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Richard Margolis photograph is a framed black and white photograph of an outdoor scene presumably taken in Highland Park, Rochester, NY.

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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.

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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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The collection consists of one photomicrograph of a snowflake created by Rochester Institute of Technology faculty member Michael Peres.

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This collection is comprised of three tintype (wet collodion) of snowflakes, captured and printed by Michael Peres and Willie Osterman. Photographs are mounted together and matted in black.

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

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The collection contains three pieces from the Prip family art collection including a vase crafted by Frans Wildenhain and two copper candlesticks created by Ron Pearson.