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This heroic sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
(1904-88) is cast in stainless steel. The 10-ton
panel illustrates the tools of the press, including
camera, telephone, pad, and pencil.
News, Isamu Noguchi
Industries of the British Empire
Cast in bronze and finished in gold leaf, this panel by Carl Paul Jennewein
(1890-1980) depicts nine major industries of the British Commonwealth, including
sugar cane, salt, and tobacco.
Intelligence Awakening Mankind
Some one million tesserae (pieces of glass enamel) in more than 200 shades create
Barry Faulkner's (1881-1966) mosaic representing spoken and written words.
Portals
Josef Albers' 1961 work of thin, highly polished, milky-white and ivory Carrara glass
creates a surface of receding squares that gives the mural a sense of depth.
