Elmo-MIT

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Elmo-MIT
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The sculpture in 2019
Elmo-MIT
Artist Dimitri Hadzi
Medium Bronze sculpture
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates 42°21′32.74″N71°5′22.89″W / 42.3590944°N 71.0896917°W / 42.3590944; -71.0896917

Elmo-MIT is a 1960s bronze sculpture by Dimitri Hadzi, installed on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Elmo-MIT". MIT List Visual Arts Center. April 18, 2014. Archived from the original on October 5, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  2. Shand-Tucci, Douglass (May 24, 2016). MIT: An Architectural Tour. Chronicle Books. ISBN   9781616894993. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2019 via Google Books.