4. Atlas is the largest sculpture at Rockefeller Center
The Atlas statue is appropriately large for the god-like figure and is the biggest sculpture in the entire Rockefeller Center complex. The statue itself is 15 feet tall. Combined with the pedestal, Atlas stretches up 45 feet into the air, or roughly the height of a 4-story building! The giant celestial sphere that he holds measures 21 feet in diameter.
The Atlas sculpture was a collaboration between Lee Lawrie and Rene Paul Chambellan. Chambellan’s work can be seen all over Rockefeller Center. He created the fountainhead figures that spout water in the Channel Gardens and designed many of the relief sculptures on various Rockefeller Center buildings.