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[1] UNGA_190826_02_STITCH.JPG

[2] UNGA_190826_04_STITCH.JPG

[3] UNGA_190826_07_STITCH.JPG

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[7] UNGA_190826_31.JPG	[8] UNGA_190826_32.JPG	[9] UNGA_190826_39.JPG
[10] UNGA_190826_47.JPG	[11] UNGA_190826_48.JPG	[12] UNGA_190826_51.JPG
[13] UNGA_190826_58.JPG	[14] UNGA_190826_65.JPG	[15] UNGA_190826_67.JPG
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1. UNGA_190826_48.JPG: Mural, East Wall (Scrambled Eggs) They were designed by the French artist, Fernand Legér (1881-1955). The artist spent World War II in the United States. He returned to France after war and in the early 1950's was commissioned to design two mural paintings for the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The artist was unable to come to New York, so he prepared two small maquettes which were taken to New York by his former pupil, Bruce Gregory, who studied with the artist for two years in Paris, and it was Gregory who executed the murals. These murals were among the artist's last works, he died 3 years after they were donated in 1955 at the age of 74. The murals, painted on the east and west walls overlooking the press area of the Hall. The UN multimedia.org website states the following about the mural on the West Wall (Bugs Bunny): The mural is cadmium yellow medium, toned down, United Nations blue, and white on a dark grey background. 1971. The mural on the West side of the hall is a free-form creation in blue, white and orange on a charcoal grey wall. The other mural shows red, white and dark blue on the dark grey wall. Leger wrote: Color has a reality in itself, a life of its own; a geometric form also has a reality of itself (...) there was never any question in plastic art, in poetry, in music of representing anything. It is a matter of creating something beautiful, moving or handsome - this is by no means the same thing. President Harry Truman referred to one as "Scrambled eggs" [East Wall] and the other has been thought to resemble "Bugs Bunny"[West Wall]"
2. UNGA_190826_51.JPG: Mural West Wall (Bugs Bunny) They were designed by the French artist, Fernand Legér (1881-1955). The artist spent World War II in the United States. He returned to France after war and in the early 1950's was commissioned to design two mural paintings for the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The artist was unable to come to New York, so he prepared two small maquettes which were taken to New York by his former pupil, Bruce Gregory, who studied with the artist for two years in Paris, and it was Gregory who executed the murals. These murals were among the artist's last works, he died 3 years after they were donated in 1955 at the age of 74. The murals, painted on the east and west walls overlooking the press area of the Hall. The UN multimedia.org website states the following about the mural on the West Wall (Bugs Bunny): The mural is cadmium yellow medium, toned down, United Nations blue, and white on a dark grey background. 1971. The mural on the West side of the hall is a free-form creation in blue, white and orange on a charcoal grey wall. The other mural shows red, white and dark blue on the dark grey wall. Leger wrote: Color has a reality in itself, a life of its own; a geometric form also has a reality of itself (...) there was never any question in plastic art, in poetry, in music of representing anything. It is a matter of creating something beautiful, moving or handsome - this is by no means the same thing. President Harry Truman referred to one as "Scrambled eggs" [East Wall] and the other has been thought to resemble "Bugs Bunny"[West Wall]"
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Wikipedia Description: Headquarters of the United Nations
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General Assembly Building

The General Assembly Building, housing the United Nations General Assembly, holds the General Assembly Hall, which has a seating capacity of 1,800. At 165 ft (50 m) long by 115 ft (35 m) wide, it is the largest room in the complex.

The Hall has two murals by the French artist Fernand Léger. At the front of the chamber is the rostrum containing the green marble desk for the President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services and matching lectern for speakers. Behind the rostrum is the UN emblem on a gold background. Flanking the rostrum is a paneled semi-circular wall that tapers as it nears the ceiling and surrounds the front portion of the chamber. In front of the paneled walls are seating areas for guests and within the wall are windows which allow interpreters to watch the proceedings as they work. The ceiling of the hall is 75 ft (23 m) high and surmounted by a shallow dome ringed by recessed light fixtures. The entrance to the hall bears an inscription from the Gulistan by Iranian poet Saadi.

Original plans called for the back wall of the General Assembly Hall, behind the rostrum, to be adorned with the seals of the sixty countries that were part of the UN in 1952. Though fifty-four seals were eventually completed, these plans were scrapped in 1955 because Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld felt they would distract from the purpose of the room. The General Assembly Hall was last altered in 1980 when capacity was increased to accommodate the increased membership. Each of the 192 delegations has six seats in the hall with three at a desk and three alternate seats behind them.
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