1981 Cor-ten steel Juniper Drive, North Residential Village, Taft House, 1981 Ira Matteson (1917- ) For many years a member of the faculty of Kent State University, Matteson began his career as a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome where he concentrated on drawing and the study of the figure. A strong commitment to human and natural forms with a powerful graphic look-as expressed in his cor-ten steel silhouettes-has remained his principle interest. Work in the collection: #12, Back