The Wichita Art Institute as it appeared in the 1930s.
Left and Right: details of images depicting various arts of American Indians, that once flanked the entrance of the Art Institute. These images were cast in cement and then polychromed in various colors using techniques similar to those applied to Lawrie's works at Rockefeller Center. These images are from Architecture Magazine, from the mid 1930s, reprinted for scholastic use only.
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These proud images once graced the Wichita Art Institute, but have since been either obscured or altogether destroyed in expansions made to the building in the 1960s.
Plaster Model for Lintel: a Deco image of a bison skull.