Sunday, May 25, 2014

50 Rockefeller Plaza Art, NY, NY

50 Rockefeller Plaza

GPS: N40° 45.560; W073° 58.670

Short Description:

The relief sculpture News is displayed over the entrance to 50 Rockefeller Plaza, formerly known as the Associated Press Building.

Long Description:
News 
by
Isamu Noguchi
1940

This 22' by 17' cast stainless steel Art Deco sculpture contains five male figures engaged in activities associated with news reporting: A man talking on a telephone, a reporter taking noted on a notepad, a reporter typing, a  photographer with a camera, and the man listening to the news.

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