Workers Sitting On Steel Beam Sculpture

Labor museum acquires sculpture of famous lunch atop rockefeller center photo the tribune.

Workers sitting on steel beam sculpture.

Posted on august 30. Lunch atop a skyscraper 1932 lunch atop a skyscraper new york construction workers lunching on a crossbeam is a photograph taken atop the steelwork of 30 rockefeller plaza during the construction of the rockefeller center in manhattan new york city united states. I tried looking for this online but i can t seem to find anyone that sells this. Does anyone know where i can buy this from.

Admiring this iconic nyc photograph i made this resin sculpture that catches the details of the figures and gives new life to this masterpiece. The photo guy taking them eat 9 chicago iron workers recreate lunch atop a skyser photograph curbed 1932 photo of workers on a steel beam business insider. A friend of mine received a small sculpture figurine of an actual small steel beam with maybe 9 inch figurines of the workers sitting on top of the steel beam for the famous lunch atop a skyscraper picture. Iron workers sculpture by sergio furnari on the street in manhattan new york city united states of america north america.

Some of the tradesmen tossed a football. Famous photo of workers sitting on beam. But lunch atop a skyscraper has come to represent the country s resilience especially on labor day. Sculptures inspired by the famous photograph of the eleven workers eating lunch on a beam during the construction of rockefeller center in 1932.

But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. The sight of 11 rockefeller center construction workers casually eating lunch across a beam hanging 850 feet in the air was a hopeful look at life in the. Steel workers move a beam into place at a construction site. But lunch atop a skyscraper was different.

A few pretended to nap. Some of the tradesmen tossed a football a few pretended to nap. Part detective story part homage to the american immigrant experience and ultimately a tribute to the simple dignity of hard work the documentary film men at lunch examines the mysteries behind.