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Evolution - Birds

Chanin Building NYC - 1929 - Architect: Sloan & Robertson; Bronze Bas-relief designed by the noted architectural sculptor

Rene Chambellan (1893-1955) in collaboration with Jacques Delamarre (b. 1907),

head of the architectural staff of the Chanin Construction Company

 

Above the first floor runs a bronze frieze telling the story of evolution. It shows different kinds of plant and animal life, beginning with low marine forms, then more complex forms, and finally birds and fish.

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Uploaded on March 31, 2019