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620 Fifth Ave. Entrance; "Industries of the British Empire" by Jennewein

Title:

Rockefeller Center; British Empire Building

Alternate Title:

The British Empire Building

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620 Fifth Ave. Entrance; "Industries of the British Empire" by Jennewein

Related Work:

part of Rockefeller Center

Creators:

Carl Paul Jennewein (American sculptor, 1890-1978); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)

Style/Period:

Art Deco; Twentieth century

Location:

site: New York, New York, United States

Location Note:

620 Rockefeller Plaza

Culture:

American

Description:

To John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the British Empire Building, the Maison Française, and Rockefeller Center itself were “symbols in stone and steel of the common interests… and good will of three great powers.” Both of the foreign buildings were the beneficiaries of a special act of Congress that made the warehouses beneath them “free ports”; that is, goods could be imported, stored, and displayed duty-free, with taxes payable only on sale.

View Description:

High relief cast bronze with gilding by Carl Paul Jennewein, overall 18 feet high, 11 feet wide, 1933. The nine gilded allegorical figures represent industries throughout the Empire (Australia, wool; Canada, wheat; Africa, cotton). The stylized sun represents "the sun never sets on the British Empire".

Classification:

Architecture and City Planning

Image Rights:

Vendor ID:

1A1-RH-RC-M2

MDID Identifier:

4659

Archivision Set:

Archivision Base Collection

Collection:

Archivision Base Module

Record created:

June 7, 2018

Last modified:

Nov. 1, 2018

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