Commission Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985
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content: José de Rivera papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.1 Linear Feet (Box 1-2, 6-7, OVs 10-11, FC 13)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.derijose, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Commission files contain letters, contracts, receipts, clippings, blueprints, miscellaneous printed material, and photographs concerning de Rivera's projects including the Brussels Construction for the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition and his sculpture for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Of primary significance is the file concerning Infinity, commissioned for the plaza in front of the Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History. This file contains a detailed photographic record of the construction and installation of this work which, in 1967, was the largest abstract sculpture commissioned by the government. Also of note is the file for Construction #73 for the American Iron and Steel Institute which contains a reel of 16mm motion picture film showing the sculpture Homage to the World of Minkowski at the Grace Borgenicht Gallery.