A skyscraping work of art has risen in front of the Ross School in East Hampton. A sculpture, towering 32 feet, graces the school’s newly erected Tennis Center.

World-class artist Mark di Suvero is indefinitely loaning the structure, a 30,000-pound masterwork of abstract expressionism. Two cranes and several construction workers were used to assemble it on July 10, 2009.

His sculpture, created in 1999, largely consists of irregularly shaped pieces of steel intertwining with each other. Ten years to the day, the structure still has no name. He entrusted the task of christening to Ross pupils, who would pass a name for di Suvero to choose.

Mark di Suvero has lent other artworks before to Ross School, whose founder, Courtney Sale Ross, is a friend. They crossed paths in 1977, when Courtney Sale Ross picked a di Suvero work for New York’s bicentennial exhibit in Albany.

Mark di Suvero’s works have been commissioned by museums, cities, parks, corporations, and art collectors all over the world. In addition to the Ross sculpture, he is exhibiting works at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida and the Storm King Art Center in Moutainville, New York.

Raised by Italian immigrants in Shanghai, China, he and his father immigrated in 1941 to San Francisco, California, where he took up fine arts. He later relocated to New York City, where he first struck friendships with like-minded artists.

Ross Global Academy, a privately owned K-12 institution, endeavors to create new models in education. It maintains an internationally based, multi-cultural curriculum, in that students study on-site and even travel around the world, among other maverick standards. Founded by Courtney Sale Ross and Steven Ross in 1991, the school has campuses in East Hampton and Bridgehampton, New York. It has been accredited by the Absolute Charter from New York State, Middle States Association International Credential, and Green Schools Alliance.