Sunday, November 24, 2024

more campus art

Yep so Farrago in the late 1950s was thrilled by the new art being commissioned by university administration and never missed an opportunity to show its excitement. Here's an example. 

Farrago 24 March 1959 p.4. There were probably other responses. But how ho-hum is this now. And then there's...
Annoyingly, I failed to record the date/page on the above. I'm pretty sure it's 17 Mar 1959 p. 1. Sorry. Anyway, this statue was clearly a major thrill to everyone on campus in '59. 
This is Farrago 17 March 1959 p. 2. Below cartoon is from 12 May 1959 p. 6. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 
Don't even start me on Tom Bass' mural for Wilson Hall. They really laid into that. 

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