Date of Award
Spring 5-1-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Howard Singerman
Second Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis reads Chase Manhattan's 1959 art program as a reconstitution of ornament. The spatial and affective work historically performed by murals, carved stone, and mosaic was now performed by collecting—contemporary art, ethnographic holdings, folk art—deployed by committee across a corporate modernist master plan stripped of the handcraft tradition.
Recommended Citation
Richert-Garcia, Paul, "A Fine Arts Program for No. 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza" (2026). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1470
Included in
Architectural History and Criticism Commons, Business and Corporate Communications Commons, Modern Art and Architecture Commons
