Greek Titan who gave humans fire-shown in right hand-for which Zeus chained him to a rock for eternity with an eagle preying upon his liver. Gilded bronze by Paul Manship, 1934.
Zodiac ring.
Bronze sculpture of Atlas, Greek mythological Titan (pre–Olympian God), condemned to carry the world on his shoulders. In Rockefeller Center by Lee Lawrie with the help of Rene Paul Chambellan in 1937.
Across the street from St. Patrick’s Cathedral @ 5 Ave. & 50 St.
Art Deco bas relief sculptures. Three metal (and enamel) medallions on the facade of Radio City Music Hall–Rockefeller Center’s entertainment venue– represent the theater’s main activities: Dance, Drama and Song. Each roundel (circular object) is eighteen feet in diameter. Designed by Hildreth Meière, executed by metalsmith Oscar B. Bach, 1932.
Depicts five journalists at the former Associated Press Building. Stainless steel by Isamu Noguchi, 1940
Carved limestone above the 29 West 50th Street entrance of 630 Fifth Avenue. Lee Lawrie with colorist Leon V. Solon, 1937.
According to the Oxford English Living Dictionary, Art Deco is “Shortened from French art décoratif ‘decorative art’, from the 1925 Exposition des Arts décoratifs in Paris. The predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colours and used most notably in household objects and in architecture.”
An intaglio (engraved in stone) relief carving- Above Channel Gardens Entrance of 620 Fifth Avenue. By architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie with colorist Leon V. Solon, 1933.
