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...gets more monumental than a jungle gym. Its rectilinear ziggurat of steel lattice is a joy toy for kids, and a spatial bore. But then, who considers a playground worthy of a sculptor's talents? At least, New York city's housing authority did, and let Costantino Nivola, 53, see how he could improve on the blight of monkey bars, slides, and swings that make play grounds across the nation look like a titanic display of naked plumbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: The Horsy Set | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

...Winslow Homer went there to paint impressionistic oils of ladies dipping their toes in the surf. Last week the art colony was at its midseason busiest. The oldest colonial, visionary Architect Frederick Kiesler, 67, was at work on a 46-ft. sculpture despite a recent heart attack. Sculptor Costantino Nivola, 53, a swarthy Sardinian who likes to cast concrete abstracts in a huge sand pit on his 40-acre property, was busy making a small sculpture of Kiesler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Artists: The Summer Place | 8/14/1964 | See Source »

...number of specialized tables, that offer good food (prepared in the House's independent kitchen) and good wine, to participants speaking Spanish, German, Hebrew, or French; discussing social relations or sciences; or surrounding House Fellows Henry Kissinger and David Riesman. The dining hall generally is lively--and warm, despite Nivola's perplexing graffito and the all-encompassing plate glass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Profiles | 3/20/1963 | See Source »

...slate bordered in polished wood. Both have stages for theatrical purposes. The rooms will be dominated by abstract chandeliers by Oliver Andrews. The only other art fixtures embodied in the original design are several abstract plaques which will intersect corners of the building. They are the work of Constantine Nivola, the artist who produced the graffito in the Quincy House Dining Room...

Author: By Russell B. Roberts, | Title: THE CHANGING ARCHITECTURE OF YALE | 5/14/1962 | See Source »

...composition in question is a blue, red, and yellow graffito, designed by Constantine Nivola, which covers the west wall of the Quincy dining hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy Residents Support Graffito | 12/9/1959 | See Source »

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