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Photograph representing Landmarks & Discoveries. The public works, private details and fresh discoveries that extend the record.

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Landmarks & Discoveries

The public works, private details and fresh discoveries that extend the record.

Photograph of The Rockefeller Center. Atlas and the surrounding Art Deco programme remain among Lawrie’s most recognized works.Landmark

The Rockefeller Center

Atlas and the surrounding Art Deco programme remain among Lawrie’s most recognized works.

The Rockefeller Center

Photograph of Atlas. Atlas at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, created by Lee Lawrie with René Chambellan.The Rockefeller Center

Atlas

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

Photograph of The Seers of Knowledge. The figures on the Los Angeles Public Library Tower rise over the city as an extraordinary lesson in sculptural storytelling.Landmark

The Seers of Knowledge

The figures on the Los Angeles Public Library Tower rise over the city as an extraordinary lesson in sculptural storytelling.

Photograph of The Legendary Scribes of History. Bronze doors and glass panels at the Library of Congress John Adams Building trace the history of the written word.Landmark

The Legendary Scribes of History

Bronze doors and glass panels at the Library of Congress John Adams Building trace the history of the written word.

Photograph of Rhode Island School of Design. Bas-relief panels that bring Lawrie’s allegorical precision to Providence.Landmark

Rhode Island School of Design

Bas-relief panels that bring Lawrie’s allegorical precision to Providence.

Photograph of Dime Savings Bank, Brooklyn. “Morning and Evening” and the refined sculptural vocabulary of early twentieth-century New York.Landmark

Dime Savings Bank, Brooklyn

“Morning and Evening” and the refined sculptural vocabulary of early twentieth-century New York.

Photograph of The 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition. Lawrie’s work at a defining American exposition.Landmark

The 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition

Lawrie’s work at a defining American exposition.

Photograph of Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Lawrie’s early South Dakota figure for the Colonnade of States at the St. Louis World’s Fair.Landmark

Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Lawrie’s early South Dakota figure for the Colonnade of States at the St. Louis World’s Fair.

Photograph of United States Military Academy at West Point. From 1903 to 1910, Lee Lawrie worked with Bertram Goodhue on military academy buildings, from Thayer Hall to the cadet barracks.Landmark

United States Military Academy at West Point

From 1903 to 1910, Lee Lawrie worked with Bertram Goodhue on military academy buildings, from Thayer Hall to the cadet barracks.