Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: 30 Rockefeller Plaza
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Accession Number:
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136600
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Order Title:
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Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Entrance frieze, polychrome stone and glass decoration by Lee Lawrie, installed 1933
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Date of View:
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6/1/1994
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Image description:
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Low-relief panel of carved Indiana limestone, paint and gilding. The central stone portion of the frieze is 22 feet high and 14 feet wide. The glass is 15 feet high and 55 feet wide.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Culture:
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American
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Work Types:
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Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; office buildings
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Related Work Title:
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Rockefeller Center; partOf
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Preferred Title:
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30 Rockefeller Plaza
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Agent Display:
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Barry Faulkner (American mosaicist, 1881-1966); Gaston Lachaise (French sculptor, 1882-1935); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)
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Date:
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1930-1933 (creation)
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Materials:
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stone; steel; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurement:
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850 ft (height)
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Alternate Title:
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RCA Building
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Alternate Title:
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GE Building
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Locations:
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New York, New York, United States
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Art Deco
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Style/Period:
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Twentieth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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