Ulysses Ricci

Ulysses Ricci (1888 – 1960) was an American sculptor known primarily for his architectural sculpture. Born in New York City, Ricci was an apprentice at the Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Works in New Jersey from 1902 to 1906. He studied at Cooper Union Institute and at the Art Students League with James Earle Fraser and George Bridgman. He opened his own studio in 1914 and was a partner in the firm Ricci & Zari from 1917 to 1941.

[edit] Architectural Sculpture

Bank, Detroit, Michigan

Bank of Lansing in Lansing, Michigan.

Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Albert Kahn, architect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1920
Bowery Savings Bank, NYC, York & Sawyer architects, 1922
General Motors Building, Albert Kahn, architect, Detroit Michigan, 1922
Angel Hall, Albert Kahn, architect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1924
Detroit Free Press Building, Albert Kahn architect, Detroit Michigan, 1925
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Building, Cleveland Ohio
Fisher Building, Albert Kahn architect, Detroit Michigan, 1929
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall, John Russell Pope, architect, Washington, D.C., 1930
Bank of Lansing Building, Kenneth Black architect, Lansing Michigan, 1931
Department of Commerce, York & Sawyer, architects, Washington DC, 1934
American Institute of Pharmacy, Washington DC, John Russell Pope, architect, 1934
National Archives, John Russell Pope, architect, Washington DC, 1935
Rochester Central Library, Gordon & Kaelber architects, Rochester NY, 1936
bronze doors at Bank of Canada, Marani, Morris & Allen, architects, Ottawa, Canada
bronze doors at the Iranian Embassy, Washington DC, 1960

The Bank of Lansing

The door surround

The top of the entrance arch

Main entrance

detail

Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing, Fay Hendry, Photography by Balthazar Korab, iota press, Okamos, Michigan 1980 ISBN 0-936412-01-1
Architectural Sculpture of America, Einar Einarsson Kvaran, unpublished manuscript