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...mural in the Harkness Commons dining hall has been christened "The Garden of Eden." Walter Gropius, chief designer of the Graduate Center and judge in the recent contest to name the mural, awarded the $15 prize to Fred Ringel...
George Bayer, the artist who painted the mural, had modestly titled it "Verdure." The work was inspired by 16th Century French tapestries which depicted various forms of plant life in many shades of green...
Professor Walter Groping, designer of the Graduate Center, agreed yesterday to judge entries in the contest to name the mural in the Darkness Commons dining hall. Groping said he was pleased that the painting has attracted so much interest...
...mural was modeled after 16th Century French tapestries called "Verdures" which depicted plant life in varying hues of green...
...mural, painted by Herbert Bayer, consists of a series of Inter-twining lines and is colored various shades of green. Two splotches of bright red complete the design. Walter Groplus, professor of Architecture and Chairman of Architects Collaborative, the group which designed the center, said the idea comes from sixteenth century French tapestries that depicted plant life...