The National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, D.C. 1924

The National Academy of Sciences Building was the last building completed during its architect, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue’s lifetime. It is believed that Hartley Burr Alexander may have coached Lawrie on the themes of the sculpture, and which of the Greats of science that were to be the subjects of the building’s statuary and bronze panels.

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Louisiana State Capitol. 1931. Entrance sculpture by Lee Lawrie.

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