Rita Blitt’s sculptures are a continuation of her lines on paper. Over 45 of her, up to 60 feet in height, can be seen in public spaces around the world.
Relating With Love
2022, Stainless Steel, 8’x8’
Midwest Transplant Network, 1900 W. 47th Place, Westwood, KS
Photo Credit: Samantha Levi
Dancing
1980, painted steel, 26ft x 10ft x 5in
Installed in 2008 at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri, Kansas City
4949 Cherry Street,
Kansas City, MO
Stablitt 55
1977, painted steel, 26 x 13 x 2.5 feet
Rockaway Townsquare
301 Mount Hope Ave
Rockaway, NJ
Delight
2000, painted steel, 18x7x2 ft
Compass Corporate Centre
11225 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS
Continuity
1993, painted steel, 40x30x12 in
Installed in 2009 at Dallavis Center at Avila University
Kansas City, MO
Infinity
1985, stainless steel, 16 ft tall
Originally installed in 1985 at Loehmann's Plaza
St. Louis, MO
Flag: 1976
1975, 1,748 pieces of acrylic, 20x10.5x.5 ft
Originally installed in 1975 at Oak Park Mall
Overland Park, KS
An official bicentennial project of the state of Kansas
Seeking Truth
1992, stainless steel, 8.5x7.5x4 ft
Aspen, Colorado
Separate but Together (Variation of Black Box II)
1990, corten steel, 5x12x8 ft
Aspen Institute
Aspen, Colorado
To Life
2007, corten steel, 48x43x5 in
Hospice House
12000 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO
One
1984, painted steel, 60x6x2 ft
The Renaissance I Center
College Blvd and Metcalf
Overland Park, KS
Jubilee
1989, stainless steel, 9x10x.5 ft
Installed in 2008 at Truman Medical Center Lakewood
Kansas City, MO
Shalom
1987, painted wood, 192x96x2 in
Plaza Apartments
7777 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO
Ascension
2022, Stainless Steel, 17 feet
Kansas City Kansas Community College , 7250 State Ave, Kansas City, KS
Photo Credit: Cindy Cash
Resilience
Carbon steel in Pantone 166, 90” x 14” x 192”
2023
Fabricated by Mark Holloway and unveiled at Kansas City Kansas Community College on May 25, 2023
Confluence of Love and Learning
2015, bronze, 12 feet
Washburn University
1700 SW College Ave
Topeka, KS
Nessie
2007, painted steel, 16x8x8 ft
Truman Medical Center
2301 Holmes St
Kansas City, MO
Perseverance
Carbon steel in Blue Devil Blue, 101”x14”x167”
2023
Fabricated by Mark Holloway and unveiled at Kansas City Kansas Community College on May 25, 2023
Freedom
2004, stainless steel, 6x11x2 ft
Plaza Library
4801 Main Street
Kansas City, MO
Spirit's Delight
1991, stainless steel, 12x6x.5 ft
Kansas City, MO
Kindness (L) and Spirit's Delight (R)
1988, stainless steel, 6 x 2-2/3 x 8 ft
Tokyo Bay Hilton
Shiba, Japan
Liberty
1986, painted steel, 19 ft
University Plaza
Davies, Florida
Lunarblitt
1975, steel and aluminum, 91x65x36 in
Installed in 1975 at Oak Park Mall
Overland Park, KS
Currently in artist's collection
Animals in Space
1964
Briarwood Elementary School
Prairie Village, KS
Seeking Truth
1992, stainless steel, 8.5x7.5x4 ft
Aspen, Colorado
Sense of the Sublime
2004, stainless steel, 5 x 4 x .5 ft
Carter Art Center
Penn Valley Community College
Kansas City, MO
Liberation
2001, stainless steel, 7x5x2.5 ft
Gold Coast Regional Art Center
Surfer's Paradise, Australia
Together
2007, corten steel, 8x4x2 ft (four pieces)
Archbishop O'Hara High School
Kansas City, MO
Nessie
2014, painted steel, 16x8x8 ft
Kaplan Medical Center
Rehovot, Israel
I Do
1990, painted aluminum, 77x44x12 in
Aspen Institute
Aspen, Colorado
Grace
1990, stainless steel, 19x18 ft
Installed in 2009 at Mt. San Antonio Community College
Walnut, California
Romeo and Juliet
2003, stainless steel, 13 ft each
White Recital Hall
University of Missouri - Kansas City
4949 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO
The Primaries, “Red”, “Yellow”, and “Blue”
2019, Painted Steel
Rita Blitt Sculpture Garden, Mulvane Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas.
Fantasy
1985, painted steel, 9.5 x 8 x 6 feet
Installed in 2011 at University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
L'Chaim: To Life
2005, stainless steel, 9x17 ft (three parts)
The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre
Jewish Community Center of Greater KC
5801 W 115th Street
Overland Park, KS
Inspiration
1987, painted steel, 26x28x1.5 ft
Hillcrest Bank
5800 E Bannister Rd
Kansas City, MO
Tikun Olum
2003, bronze, 6 ft tall
The Temple Congregation
B'Nai Jehuda
12320 Nall Avenue
Overland Park, KS
Together
1980, oak, 8x4x1 ft
Originally installed in 1980 at Bannister Mall
Kansas City, MO
Magic Dreamland
1994, acrylic on wallpaper, 2x32 ft
Installed in 2008 at Truman Medical Center Lakewood
Kansas City, MO
Time Arrow
2004, painted aluminum, 5.5x5.25 ft
Health Care and Rehabilitation Center
Springfield, Vermont
Black Box VII - Aspects of Nature II
2002, stainless steel, three pieces: 6x9x2 ft, 6.5x2 ft, 1.5x6x2 ft
Carter Art Center
Penn Valley Community College
Kansas City, MO
My Dear (variation of Black Box IX)
1990, aluminum, 7x5x2.5 ft
Longview Community College
Lee's Summit, MO
Sky Bird
1996, painted steel, 3x3x3 ft
Taliaferro Sculpture Garden
Prairie Village, KS
Love II
1987, bronze, 7x5x3 ft
The Renaissance II Center
College Blvd and Metcalf
Overland Park, KS
Fleeting Passion or True Love?
1991, aluminum, 7x7x4 ft
National Museum of Singapore
Trio
1908-2015, painted steel, 26 ft
Originally created for Bannister Mall in 2980. Refurbished and installed at Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
825 Euclid Avenue
Kansas City, MO
Sending Love
2015, stainless steel, 12 ft
Skywalk Memorial Park
22nd St and Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO
