Costantino Nivola in his gardenThe Springs, East Hampton Long Island, New York1964Nivola's first major commissionwas theOlivetti showroom muralNew York City1954His mural was huge.(This showroom was SO sick.....)The showroom was designed by the Milanesearchitectural firm BBPR(B. Belgiojoso, Peressutti and Rogers)Nivola working at Olivetti.Milano1937Le Corbusier sand-castingwith Pietro and Claire Nivola.East Hampton1951Corbu is into it...Le Corbusier admiring with his sand-castfrom above.Nivola GardenSprings1951
Le Corbusier made a mural for the Nivola'sshown here:Wait a minute.... That's not it....Here we go....Corbu working on the Nivola's mural.Springs1950CostantinoSpringscirca 1950sConcrete wall with graffito mural.The gardens were designed byBernard Rudofsky.Garden fountainDetail of fountainDig that suit....Garden "room" byRudofskyFreestanding wall with"tree window"Nivola Familyin garden.(Smiles everyone smiles, your garden is amazing!)1953Costantino and PietroSprings1953(Daddy what is that killer ceiling lamp?)Concrete "fruit" sculptureon the lawn.Overgrown sand-cast sculpture.Free standing relief by Nivola.Claire and Pietro cooking breadin traditional Sardinia oven.Solarium in garden1952(Cool looking but can you IMAGINE how hot it would be in there?)Detail of SolariumAmazing garden fireplace1950sRudolfsky structure with wall mural behind.Nivola wall muralSprings1950Party in the Garden1960Frequent visitors to the Nivola's were:Jackson Pollack, Lee Krasner, William de Kooning, Mark Rothko,Franz Kline, James Brooks, Hans Namuth, Dorothy Norman,Saul Steinberg, Heda Sterne, Peter Blake,Frederick Kiesler, Paul Lester Wiener and Paul Tishmanamong others....Costantino on the beach.East Hampton1970"Totem"plaster, sand1950"Study for Olivetti Panel"plaster, sand1953"Masculine Figure"concrete1958"Masculine Figure"concrete1958"Untitled"concrete1958"An Ancestor of Mine"painted tin1950s"Untitled"painted tin1950s