Accession Number:
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136601
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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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The frieze located above the main entrance was produced by Lee Lawrie and depicts "Wisdom", along with a slogan that reads "Wisdom and Knowledge shall be the stability of thy times", from Isaiah 33:6 (KJV).
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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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