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Crowning the Chrysler Building's three-stories-high, red marble-lined, main lobby -- spreading over the palatial lobby's walls and ceiling -- is a 76- by 100-foot long mural, of which this 15-foot section depicting the Chrysler Building itself is but a small portion.

The whole mural, painted by Edward Trumbull on canvas and cemented onto the entire ceiling back in 1930, was painstakingly cleaned and restored in 1999.

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Contained in galleries: Manhattan Modern

Crowning the Chrysler Building's three-stories-high, red marble-lined, main lobby -- spreading over the palatial lobby's walls and ceiling -- is a 76- by 100-foot long mural, of which this 15-foot section depicting the Chrysler Building itself is but a small portion.<br />
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The whole mural, painted by Edward Trumbull on canvas and cemented onto the entire ceiling back in 1930, was painstakingly cleaned and restored in 1999.