Ulysses Anthony 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.
Ricci came to the attention of Karl Bitter when Bitter was head of sculpture decoration at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition which opened in 1915, where Ricci was commissioned to execute some of the sculptural decorations.Gurney, George, Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1985 p. 95
Architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci apprenticed with Ricci & Zari.see signature on apprenticeship contract to the right
Architectural Sculpture
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Albert Kahn architect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1920 Bowery Savings Bank Building, York and Sawyer architects, New York, NY, 1922 Wisconsin Hardware Ltd. Mutual Liability Insurance Company (headquarters), Stevens Point, WI, 1922 General Motors Building, Albert Kahn architect, Detroit, MI, 1922 Angell Hall, Albert Kahn architect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1924 Detroit Free Press Building, Albert Kan architect, Detroit, MI, 1925 Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Building, Cleveland, OH New York Telephone Building, Ralph Thomas Walker architect, New York, 1927 Fisher Building, Albert Kahn architect, Detroit, MI, 1929 DAR Constitution Hall, John Russell Pope, architect, Washington, D.C., 1930 Bank of Lansing Building, Kenneth Black architect, Lansing, MI, 1931 Department of Commerce, Louis Ayres, architect, Washington, D.C., 1934 American Institute of Pharmacy, John Russell Pope architect, Washington, D.C., 1934 National Archives, John Russell Pope architect, Washington, D.C., 1935 Rundel Memorial Library, Rochester, NY, Gordon & Kaelber architects, Rochester, NY, 1936 bronze doors at Bank of Canada, Marani, Morris & Allen, architects, Ottawa, ON bronze doors at the Iranian Embassy, Washington D.C., 1960
Bank of Lansing
References
Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing, Fay Hendry, Photography by Balthazar Korab, iota press, Okamos, Michigan 1980 Architectural Sculpture of America, Einar Einarsson Kvaran, unpublished manuscript