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Nebraska State Capitol

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Nebraska State Capitol

Lee Lawrie’s largest commission: a vast sculptural programme integrated into Bertram Goodhue’s Nebraska State Capitol.

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Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, Nebraska

The Nebraska State Capitol is Lee Lawrie’s largest and most sustained architectural commission. Its sculpture forms a complete visual programme across the building, from exterior panels and animal figures to interior rooms and ceremonial spaces.

PioneersA close view of the Pioneer Panel.The American BisonPrairie Deco animals carved as civic symbols at the Nebraska State Capitol.
Nebraska Public Media’s “Nebraska’s Capitol Masterpiece”
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Independent research, photography and publishing by Gregory Paul Harm.

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