American sculptor
Ulysses Anthony Ricci (1888–1960) was an Americansculptor known primarily for hisarchitectural sculpture . Born in New York City, Ricci was anapprentice at the Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Works inNew Jersey from 1902 to 1906.
Ricci's signature fromCorrado Parducci 's apprenticeship papers He studied atCooper Union Institute and at theArt Students League withJames Earle Fraser andGeorge Bridgman . He opened his own studio in 1914 and was a partner in the firm Ricci & Zari from 1917 to 1941.
Ricci came to the attention ofKarl Bitter when Bitter was head of sculpture decoration at thePanama–Pacific International Exposition which opened in 1915, where Ricci was commissioned to execute some of the sculptural decorations.[ 1]
Architectural sculptorCorrado Parducci apprenticed with Ricci & Zari.[ 2]
Architectural Sculpture [ edit ] Bank, Detroit, Michigan Bank of Lansing inLansing, Michigan . Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Albert Kahn architect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1920 Bowery Savings Bank Building ,York and Sawyer architects, New York, NY, 1922Wisconsin Hardware Ltd. Mutual Liability Insurance Company (headquarters), Stevens Point, WI, 1922 General Motors Building , Albert Kahn architect, Detroit, MI, 1922Angell Hall, Albert Kahn architect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1924 Detroit Free Press Building , Albert Kan architect, Detroit, MI, 1925Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Building, Cleveland, OH New York Telephone Building ,Ralph Thomas Walker architect, New York, 1927Fisher Building , Albert Kahn architect, Detroit, MI, 1929DAR Constitution Hall ,John Russell Pope , architect, Washington, D.C., 1930Bank of Lansing Building , Kenneth Black architect, Lansing, MI, 1931Department of Commerce,Louis Ayres , architect, Washington, D.C., 1934 American Institute of Pharmacy , John Russell Pope architect, Washington, D.C., 1934National Archives ,John Russell Pope architect, Washington, D.C., 1935Rundel Memorial Library , Rochester, NY,Gordon & Kaelber architects, Rochester, NY, 1936bronze doors atBank of Canada , Marani, Morris & Allen, architects, Ottawa, ON bronze doors at theIranian Embassy, Washington D.C. , 1960 ^ Gurney, George, Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1985 p. 95 ^ see signature on apprenticeship contract to the right Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing , Fay Hendry, Photography by Balthazar Korab, iota press, Okamos, Michigan 1980ISBN 0-936412-01-1 Architectural Sculpture of America , Einar Einarsson Kvaran, unpublished manuscript
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