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Celestial Choirs, Oxidized copper, about 4 feet tall. Full length about 30 feet, c.1957. Courtyard wall with reflecting pool. 
(Smudge on 2nd figure is also on the archive photo).

Reading left to right:
Left Three, 2nd order: Powers (chain), Virtues (spear), Dominations (crown)
Central Three, 1st order: Thrones (supporting posture), Seraphim (flame-like), Cherubim (adoring posture)
Right Three, 3rd order: Principalities (trumpet), Archangels (announcing), Angels (messengers to earth -downward thrust)

Celestial hierarchies  are arranged by position from the highest in the middle (Seraphim) to the lowest (angels) - far right. 

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