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Thursday, 28 August 2014 10:56

The U.N. Restores Its Fernand Léger Murals

A Fernand Léger mural in the U.N.'s General Assembly Hall. A Fernand Léger mural in the U.N.'s General Assembly Hall.

Just another face lift on Manhattan’s tony East Side? Not quite.

On September 16, representatives of the United Nations’ 193 member states will return to a completely renovated General Assembly Hall — and the famous Fernard Léger murals that flank its iconic green marble podium will be there, restored to their original glory.

“I just don’t understand this. It looks to me to be scrambled eggs,” Harry S. Truman reportedly declared in 1952 when he first laid eyes on the abstract larger-than-life murals.

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