Architectural Sculpture
Like many sculptor of that epoch Konti created architectural sculpture. His works in this arena include:
- Tympanum, Grace Chapel, New York City 1894.
- Spandrel figures, the Elbridge Gerry House, New York City, 1895.
- Three Graces (for which Audrey Munson served as the model) Hotel Astor, New York City, 1907.
- Gainsborough Studio Building, New York City, 1908.
- Statues of Justinian and Alfred the Great, Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio, 1910. Twelve statues: Herbert Adams, Daniel Chester French, and Herman N. Matzen each modeled two of the others. Karl Bitter modeled four of them.
- Capitals, panels and allegorical figures for the Pan-American Building, Washington D.C. 1910.
- Home Life Insurance Building
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