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Galerie Zak, 1929; Fifty-Sixth Street Galleries, 1930; Wellons Gallery, 1957; Sculpture Center, 1975
Architectural Sculpture Projects
1923–24—Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI; Decorative Keystone Models; collaborating with architect Albert Kahn
1924—Heads, Spanish motif, exterior sculptural decorations on Coney Island Hotel ("Half Moon Hotel")
1925—Maccabees Building, Detroit, MI: two cornice Models, interior sculpture decorations for bronze doors and decorations; model for six-foot American Eagle for Keystone; collaborating with architect Albert Kahn
1925—New Orleans, LA Bank building: 12 Bronze Door Decorative sculpture Panels; collaborating with architect
1927—Fred F. French Building, NYC: entranceway reliefs, bronze elevator doors, lobby letterbox (added to National Register of Historic Places, 2004)
1950—National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD: sculptural panels which traced the history of medicine. After the artist's death, these panels were enlarged and installed on the walls of the lobby.
Commissions / Awards
1923–24—Ford Motor Company Building, Detroit, MI: decorative keystone models *1924–25—Fred F. French Building (NYC): 19 decorative bronze panels, exterior panels, two sculptural decorations over entrances; letterbox design
1925—Maccabees Building, Detroit, M:; two cornice models; interior sculptural decorations for bronze doors and other decorations; model for 6' eagle for keystone *1925—First National Bank of Commerce, New Orleans, LA: 12 decorative sculpture panels for bronze elevator doors
1930—Rutgers University/NJ College for Women: Portrait of James Nelson
1935—John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship: Creative Sculpture
1936—Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: George D. Widener Gold Medal
1938—U.S. Navy: Expeditionary Medal
1938—U.S. Post Office, Union City, PA: Mahogany bas-relief
1939—U.S. Post Office, Weirton, West Va: Cast stone bas-relief
1940—U.S. Post Office, Hudson, NY: Cast Stone bas-relief panels
1945—American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters: Grant
1947—Brookgreen Gardens, SC: "Awakening" in Tennessee Marble, 5' long
1948—Herbert M. Howe Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts *1948—Golden Anniversary of the City of New York: Citation in Medal Competition
1951—National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD: eight aluminum panels for elevator door decorations (posthumous expanded versions in lobby added later)
1951—New York Board of Education: Commemorative Plaque
1954—Architectural League of New York: National Gold Medal Exhibition Honorable Mention
1955—Shell Oil Company: Carol Lane Safety Award Sculpture
1956—Sun and Surf Beach Club, Atlantic Beach, NY: Wall reliefs, wire mobile decorations
1956—Adelphi College: Trophy Competition, First Prize
1956—Architectural League of NY: Henry O. Avery Award for small sculpture
1958—National Arts Club: Medal of Honor
1960—St. Paul's College, Washington, D.C.: Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine (Limestone, 8' high, for garden)
1963—George Washington Memorial Park (formerly "All Faiths Memorial Tower"), Paramus, NJ: Bronze wall relief fountain, "The Waters of Life."
1963—U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C.: Portrait head of Eleanor Roosevelt. Copies went to Wiltwyck School for Boys, NY; Roosevelt House, Hunter College, NY *1965—James A. Farley: Portrait head 1967—NYU Hall of Fame for Great Americans: portrait of Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer