• Architectural Sculptures,  Sculpture of the week

    Sculpture of the week (December 31st, 2019)

    Art Deco Chanin Building Panel D8 “Activity” To purchase an interior cast of this; Art Deco Chanin Building Panel D8 “Activity”     HISTORY of the building The 56 story tall Chanin Building is a brick and terra-cotta skyscraper located at 122 East 42nd Street, at the corner of Lexington Avenue, in Manhattan. Built by Irwin S. Chanin in 1929 It was designed by Sloan & Robertson in the Art Deco style, with the assistance of Chanin’s own architect Jacques Delamarre, and it incorporates architectural sculpture by noted sculptor Rene Paul Chambellan. In the lobbies, eight bronze reliefs designed by Rene Paul Chambellan are inset in the walls above ornate…