Biography from AskART:
| Born Bernard Rosenthal in 1914 Highland Park, Illinois, Tony Rosenthal
earned a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan and from Cranbrook
Academy of Art. Since 1960 the Artist has been professionally
known and credited as Tony Rosenthal, when Sam Kootz, the Art Dealer
persuaded Mr. Rosenthal to use his nickname, Tony,
professionally. The Artist recently celebrated his 92nd birthday,
and prefers the Tony Rosenthal credit for all Works of Art he has
created over the last 7 decades.
Mr. Rosenthal is probably best known Internationally for creating The Alamo, 1967, also known as the Astor Place Cube,
the Monumental 15' Rotating Black CorTen Steel Cube, poised on its tip,
which has been permanent installation on Astor Place in downtown
Manhattan since the 60's. The Alamo was the first permanent contemporary outdoor public sculpture installed in 1967, and purchased by the City of New York.
The Alamo has become a permanent Landmark in downtown Manhattan, and the subject of thousands of news stories. In fact, when The Alamo was temporarily removed for a sprucing up, Mayor Bloomberg was on hand to rededicate the famous Sculpture. While The Alamo
was New York City's first permanent outdoor sculpture ever purchased in
1967, Mr. Rosenthal had been creating public commission outdoor
sculpture since 1939, when Tony Rosenthal's Nubian Slave was installed at the '39 World's Fair.
Other Large Public Commission Works include: "Wall Relief's" installed
at the General Petroleum Office building, Los Angeles; the Large Bronze
Disc titled Rondo, installed on 59th Street off Park Avenue in 1969; 5 in 1, the 35' Red CorTen Steel Sculpture seen everyday by those in New York on Jury Duty, installed at 1 Police Plaza.
Other famous Public Commission Works include J.S. Bach Variation #9, 1990, at the Ravina Music Festival Park, Illinois; Pass-Thru, 1988, Hofstra University; Big Six, 1975, a 10' Structural Steel Work at The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Odyssey I, 1967, a Large Red Painted Steel Sculpture at the Open Air Museum of Sculpture, Antwerp, Belgium; and Hammarskjold, 1977, the 20' Structural Steel Work at the Fashion Institute of Technology, etc.
Tony Rosenthal has had numerous Solo and Group Exhibitions since his first Exhibition in 1940.
Sculptures by Rosenthal are included in the Collections of
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; The Chrysler Museum,
Norfolk Virginia; City of New York; Fashion Institute of Technology,
New York; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York; Israel
Museum, Jerusalem; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; The
Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC (Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection); The Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
Rosenthal Works are also included in many Corporate and Private Collections.
Chronology of his Public Works:
1939
A Nubian Slave, cast cement, Elgin Watch Building, New York World's Fair, Queens, New York
(commissioned by William Pereira, Architect)
1941
Coal Mining, a Commission from the W.P.A., Nokamis Post Office, Nokomis, IL
Wall of Time, bronze plate, 10 feet diameter, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
(commissioned by William Pereira, Architect)
1947
Sundial, walnut and bronze, 4 foot diameter, Motion Picture Relief Home, Calabasas, California
(commissioned by William Pereira, Architect)
Mahogany Relief, 42 x 36 feet, United States Post Office, Nokomis, Illinois
1949
Walnut Reliefs representing aspects of drilling and refining oil, 14 x 10 feet, General Petroleum Building, Los Angeles
(commissioned by Walter Wurdeman and Welton Becket, Architects)
1950
Bronze Relief, 30 feet diameter, Office Building, 260 Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California
(commissioned by Sidney H. Eisenshtat, Architect)
Fountain, bronze, 2 1/2 x 6 x 3 feet, University Elementary School, University of California, Loas Angeles, California
(commissioned by Robert ALexander, Architect)
1951
Two Reliefs, steel, 7 x 3 feet, Bullock's Westwood, Los Angeles, California
(commissioned by Welton Becket, Architect and Maynard Woodward, Designer)
1952
Ballet Dancers, painted plaster, 15 feet, RKO Studios, Hollywood, California
(commissioned by Jerry Wald, Producer)
Fountain, bronze, 8 x 20 x 8 feet, Robinson's Department Store, Beverly Hills, California
(commissioned by William Pereira and Charles Luckman, Architects)
1954
The Gold Coast, brass and bronze, 30 feet, Apartment Building, 1000 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago
(commissioned by Sidney Morris, Architect)
1955
The Family Group, bronze, 14 x 5 x 3 feet, Entrance Wall, Police Facilities Building (since 1971 known as the Parker Center), 150 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles (commisioned by Welton Beckett, Architect and Maynard Woodard, Designer)
Outside Wall Sculpture (an interpretation of Jacob's Ladder), bronze, 20 feet, Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, California
(commissioned by Sidney Eisenshtat, Architect)
Menorah, bronze, 8 feet, Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, California
(commissioned by Sidney Eisenshtat, Architect)
1958
Exterior Wall, 8 x 40 feet, brass and bronze, Southland Center, Dallas, Texas
(commissioned by Welton Becket, Architect and Maynard Woodward, Designer)
Interior Wall, 15x 25 feet, brass and bronze, Southland Center, Dallas, Texas
(commissioned by Welton Becket, Architect and Maynard Woodward, Designer)
1963
Two Painted Aluminum Walls, 13 x 28 feet each, Gateway West and Gateway East Office Building, Century City, Los Angeles
(commissioned by Welton Becket, Architect and Maynard Woodward, Designer)
1965
Megapole, painted steel, 5 x 5 x 5 feet, Fresno Public Mall, California
(commissioned by the City of Fresno)
1967
Alamo, Painted CorTen Steel, 15 x 15 x 15 feet, Collection New York City, Astor Place Traffic Island, Lafayette Street at 8th Street
1968
Endover, Painted CorTen Steel, 15 x 15 x 15 feet, Regents Plaza, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(Gift of class of 1965)
1969
Free-standing wall, painted steel, 7 x 20 feet, Art Department campus, California State University
(commissioned by Thorton M. Abell, architect of art department campus), Fullerton
Rondo, welded bronze, 11 x 5 feet, office building at 110 East 59th Street, New York; later moved to 127 East 58th Street (William Lescaze, architect), in front of a branch of the New York Public Library, New York
(commissioned by Jack Resnick & Sons, builders)
1970
Kepaakala (Sun Disc), welded bronze, 11 x 5 feet, The Bank of Hawaii, Financial Center of the Pacific, Honolulu
1971
Odyssey I, painted aluminum, 6'8" x 7'11" x 8'9", Open Air Museum of Sculpture Middelheim, Antwerp
1972
Column, stainless steel, 30 feet, Sunrise Mall, Massapequa, New York
Cube '72, painted steel, 90 x 90 x 90 inches, Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York
Memorial Cube, painted aluminum, 7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 feet, Cummings Art Center (Gordon Bunshaft, architect), Connecticut College, New London
1973
5 in 1, painted CorTen steel, 35 x 28 x 42 feet, Police Plaza (Gruzen & partners, architects; M. Paul Friedberg, landscape architect), New York
(commissioned by City of New York)
1974
Ark, welded brass, 28 x 36 feet; menorah, welded brass, 8 feet, wlnut wall 78 feet, Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
(commisioned by Minoru Yamasaki, architect)
Odyssey III, painted aluminum, 6'8" x 7'11" x 8'9", San Diego Museum of Art, California
1975
Big Six, structural steel, 9 x 14 feet, Chysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Odyssey II, painted aluminum, 6'8" x 7'11" x 8'9", Yale University campus; moved 1999 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1977
Hammarskjold, structural steel, 20 x 20 x 20 feet, Hammarskjold Plaza, Second Avenue and 47th Street, New York; then located for six months at 26 Federal Plaza, New York
Holocaust Memorial, stainless steel, 10 x 5 feet, Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Getzville, New York
1978
Hammarskjold, structural steel, 20 x 20 x 20 feet, aquired by the Fashion Institute of Technology, Seventh Avenue and 27th Street, New York
Large T-Square, painted structural steel, 7' x 52" x 50", aquired by Martin Z. Margulies, installed Grove Isle, Miami, , Florida
1980
SteelPark, Painted Steel, 14 x 60 x 40 feet, Commisioned by Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc. 401 East 80th Street, at First Avenue
(commisioned by Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc.)
Cranbrook Ingathering, rusted steel, 10 x 26 x 25 feet, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum (Eliel Saarinen, architecht), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Element 'H' x 5, rusted steel, 6.5 x 25 x 26 feet, P.S.1 (Institute for Art and Urban Resources), Queens, New York (on view 1980-85)
1981
Bronco, stainless steel, 87 feet, atrium of an office building, 1010 Lamar (M. Nasr, architect), Houston, Texas
(commissioned by Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority)
1983
A version of Odyssey, CorTen steel, 14 x 14 x 10 feet, public park next to Metropolitan Hospital, Philadelphia
(commissioned by Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority)
Marty's Cube, painted steel, 15 feet, aquired by Martin Z. Margulies, installed Grove Isle, Miami, Florida
1984
Sculpture Park, painted steel, 14 x 80 x 60 feet, Culmer Metro-Rail Station (Harry Weese, Architect), Miami, Florida
(commissioned by Metro Dade Art Commission, Miami)
Tournesol, welded bronze, 8' x 20", lobby, Southeast National Bank ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architects), now an office building, Miami
(commissioned by Florence Knoll Bassett)
Big Six, structural steel, 10 x 15 feet, Brenton Bank, Ingersoll Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
1986
Hammarskjold II, painted steel, 20 x 20 x 20 feet, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
1988
Pass-Thru, painted steel, 6.5 x 17 x 16 feet, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
1989
Indiana Totem, painted aluminum, 35 feet, atrium, Indiana University Art Museum (I.M. Pei, architect), Bloomington, Indiana
1990
Boreal (A bench), steel, 5 x 9.9 x 5 feet, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside, California
1991
Fugue, painted steel, 16 feet, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana
1992
Odyssey IV, painted aluminum, 6'8" x 7'11" x 8'9", American Bankers Assurance Co., Miami, Florida
1997
J.S. Bach Variation #9, painted aluminum plate, 16' x 36", Ravinia Music Festival Park, Highland Park, Illinois
1998
Cube '97, painted steel, 108 x 108 x 108 inches, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohio
Coriolis (A bench), steel, 48 x 92 x 48 inches, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohio
House of the Minotaur, painted steel, 6.5' x 25' x 26 ', Laumeier Sculpture Park & Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, originally unpainted, entitled Element 'H' x 5, and installed at P.S.1 (The Institute for Art and Urban Resources), Queens, New York
Bench, aluminum, 50 x 120 x 50 inches, American Bankers Assurance Co., Miami, Florida
Marty's Cube, painted steel, 15 feet, Large T-Square, painted structural steel, 7' x 52" x 50", aquired by Martin Z. Margulies, both works originally installed Grove Isle, Miami, Florida; since 1998, on loan to Florida International University, Miami, Florida
1999
J.S. Bach Fugue #1, painted steel, 192 x 120 x 60 inches, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohio (on long-term loan)
Sources include:
The information is compiled from public records and from the biography Tony Rosenthal by Sam Hunter and Trudie Grace, and the Artist's Archives.
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