Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Rockefeller Center; International Building

Accession Number: 
136624
Order Title: 
Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
International Building North, entrance on 636 Fifth Avenue (the north projecting wing, tower visible behind)
Date of View: 
6/1/1994
Image description: 
The entrance facade is decorated with sculpture by Attilio Piccirilli.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Archivision Base Collection
Culture: 
American
Work Types: 
Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; office buildings
Work Types: 
Architecture; government structures; diplomatic buildings; embassies
Work Types: 
buildings; commercial buildings; mercantile buildings; stores
Work Types: 
buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers
Work Types: 
Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; mixed-use developments
Related Work Title: 
Rockefeller Center; partOf
Preferred Title: 
Rockefeller Center; International Building
Agent Display: 
Attilio Piccirilli (American sculptor, 1866-1945 ); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934); Rene Paul Chambellan (American sculptor, 1893-1955) and others
Date: 
1932-1937 (creation)
Materials: 
Indiana limestone; bronze
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Alternate Title: 
International Building
Locations: 
New York, New York, United States
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Twentieth century
Style/Period: 
Art Deco
Classification: 
Architecture