Parducci, Corrado; Sculptor. Works of the artist

Description:

Kneeling figure, holding symbols of auto industry and surrounded by filigree ornamentation, by Corrado Parducci. "Corrado Giuseppe Parducci – he preferred “Joe” – was born in 1900, one of 13 children, he came from Buti, a small mountain village near the River Arno, about 10 miles east of Pisa in Italy, Joe arrived in New York with his father when he was four ... during the 1920s, Joe was the busiest architectural sculptor in Detroit, literally dominating the Motor City, after leaving his mark on such Downtown fixtures as the Penobscot, Buhl and Guardian Buildings, the building boom ground to a halt with the arrival of the Great Depression in October 1929," from Detroit Water & Sewerage Department website.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1981-11-25T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Subject Topic:

Sculpture and Filigree

Subject Name:

Parducci, Corrado and 1900-1981

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc16165_2