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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Nivola, Costantino,     Sherwood, Mills and Smith,     Portrait female -- Monroe, Marilyn     Figure female -- Fragment     Landscape -- Celestial     Architecture -- Detail     Animal     Object -- Other     Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford     Mural     Sculpture

Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Nivola, Costantino, 1911-1988, sculptor. Sherwood, Mills and Smith, architectural firm. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1957. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Appears to be concrete. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 27 ft. x 110 ft. x 4 in.; Each panel: approx. 9 ft. x 30 in. x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On lower left hand corner block:) Nivola/1957 signed Description:  A mural consisting of 132 oblong relief panels in three rows of 44 each. The mural includes various animate and inanimate forms. Among the images: Marilyn Monroe's footprints, images of the sun and kitchen utensils. The mural is bolted to a steel frame on the wall. Subject:  Portrait female -- Monroe, Marilyn Figure female -- Fragment -- Foot Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun Architecture -- Detail -- Stairs Animal Object -- Other -- Cookware Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Mural Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, c/o Recoll Management Corporation, 99 Founders Plaza, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108 Located 95 Woodland Street, Hartford, Connecticut Remarks:  The mural was commissioned by the Covenant Mutual Insurance Company for its new headquarters, completed in 1957 or 1958. John D. Alsop, company president at the time, chose the work as "an eclectic study of mankind." Marilyn Monroe was a friend of the artist, and she agreed to walk across the sculpture during its creation in his Long Island studio. Her footprints can be seen on a stairway in the middle of the work. IAS files contain related article from The Hartford Courant, Oct. 26, 1986, pg. C1. For additional information see: Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol. 54 (Winter/Spring 1989), pg. 152. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CT000321   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000321 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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