Public Commissions

1963: “Elmo-MIT,” Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts - 5 foot bronze, 65 x 52 x 56 1/2 in (165.1 x 132.1 x 143.5 cm). View the work and learn more.

1965: “Helios,” Sun Life Insurance Co., Baltimore, Maryland - suspended bronze

1966-76: The ecumenical bronze doors were designed for the Anglican church St. Paul’s Within the Walls in Rome. They were blessed and dedicated in 1977 by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Cardinal Willebrandt, Archbishop of Utrecht, who represented Pope Paul VI.

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“Ecumenical Doors,” a 12’ high structure, are installed at Anglican church St. Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, Italy

1966: “K 458, The Hunt,” a 16’ high bronze sculpture, was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller in 1966. The sculpture is in the David Geffen Hall (originally Avery Fisher Hall), at the Lincoln Center in New York City; the building was designed by Max Abramovitz.

1968: “Thermopylae” a 16’ high bronze at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston, MA

“Thermopylae”

1973: “Arcturus,” Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota - 24 foot high bronze

1974: Invited by the University of Oregon, Hadzi joins Roger Bolomey, Bruce Beasley, John Chamberlain, Hugh Townley and Tony Rosenthal for the Oregon Sculpture Symposium.  He works for the first time on large scale stone, aided by students at the University. Basalt group “Willamette River Oracle” is the result, located in Eugene, Oregon. This marks an important change from his work in bronze of the past two decades.

“Willamette River Oracle,” a basalt group in Eugene, Oregon, was Hadzi’s entry in the Oregon Sculpture Symposium. This was his first work using large scale stone.

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1976: “River Legend,” a basalt sculpture, was designed for the Federal Office Building in Portland, Oregon. The building was designed by the architects Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. It was Hadzi’s first commissioned public work in basalt stone - local to the area.

“River Legend,” a 13’ high basalt stone, was commissioned by the General Services Administration for the Federal Reserve Bank in Portland, Oregon. Photos by McKay Lodge Conservation.

1979: “Stone Atrium,” Johnson Wax Co., Racine, Wisconsin - 15 foot high basalt, granite intarsia 

1980: “Bishop’s Triad,” Dallas Center, Dallas, Texas - 24 foot high granite

1982: “Propylea,” Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, OH. Entitled “Propylaea” (signifying entrance), this granite sculpture/fountain at One Seagate — the Owens-Illinois World Headquarters — is known for its important water feature.

“Propylaea” is a 30’ high granite sculpture nestled as a fountain on a reflecting pond between One and Two SeaGate located in Toledo, OH.

1982: “Pillars of Hercules III,” a 14’ high bronze sculpture, is installed and dedicated outside the School of Business at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.

1984: Atrium Sculpture/Fountain, Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts - 30 foot high mixed granites and travertine

1985: “Omphalos,” Harvard Square, MBTA, Cambridge, Massachusetts - 24 foot high mixed granites

1986: “Fox River Oracle,” a monumental dolomite group, is dedicated in Appleton, Wisconsin.  On that occasion, Lawrence University confers an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree on Hadzi.

“The Fox River Oracle” is a 15’ x 32’ dolomite sculpture located at the northland of the Oneida Skyline bridge in Appleton, WI.