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Atlas at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, created by Lee Lawrie with René Chambellan.

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Atlas

30 Rockefeller Plaza · New York City

A March 13, 1936 letter from Rockefeller Center records that Atlas was nearly complete at the plaster-model stage. It notes that Lee Lawrie expected to visit René Chambellan’s studio to touch up the work.

30 Rockefeller Plaza · New York City

Atlas: timing and context

March 13, 1936 Rockefeller Center letter discussing the timing of the Atlas sculpture — Timing context of Atlas, March 13, 1936
The letter records that Atlas was nearly complete in the plaster-model stage and refers to a visit to René Chambellan’s studio.

American Architect and Architecture page showing Lee Lawrie’s Atlas at Rockefeller Center — Atlas in American Architect and Architecture, February 1937

July 25, 1936 letter describing zodiac-symbol placement on the Atlas ecliptic ring — Zodiac placement on Atlas, July 25, 1936
A letter to Roman Bronze Works describes the placement of zodiac symbols on the ecliptic ring.