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Art in L.A.: 1945-1980
In support of The Getty's PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 celebrating the birth of the L. A. art scene in museum and gallery-based exhibits and events,
Public Art in Public Places Project Los Angeles from the The Post-War Era 1945-1980
L.A.: The Post-War Era 1945-1980 - LISTINGS BY DISTRICT
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..Links to Additional Info. | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 26-foot stainless steel kinetic sculpture | “Aquarius” (1969) by Jerome Kirk PA | outdoor plaza level (Union Bank building), 445 S. Figueroa Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles |
Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 63-foot painted carbon plate steel sculpture | “Four Arches” (1977) by Alexander Calder PA | plaza, 333 S. Hope Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles |
Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 105½-inch cast bronze sculpture | “Dance Door” (1978, installed 1982) by Robert Graham | Music Center Plaza, 135 N. Grand Avenue, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | mural | [untitled; Five Children] (1976) by Leo Politi | exterior near entrance, Castelar Street School, 840 Yale Street (between College and Vignes), Chinatown, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 6-foot by 36-foot steel, copper, aluminum and glass mosaic mural | [title unknown] (circa 1955) by Joseph Young | interior lobby, Parker Center, 150 N. Los Angeles Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
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(Downtown) | 14-foot building-mounted bronze sculpture | "The Family Protected by the Police" (1955) by Bernard Rosenthal, Welton Becket & Associates, and J. E. Stanton | entrance, Parker Center, 150 N. Los Angeles Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles (Downtown) | 3 building-mounted terra cotta figures | “Foundations of the Law” (“Mosaic Law,” “Magna Carta,” “Declaration of Independence”) (1956) by Albert Stewart | exterior façade, Grand Ave. entrance, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | building-mounted terra cotta bas relief sculpture | “Justice” (1956) by Donal Hord | exterior wall of Hill Street entrance, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | bronze bust sculpture | “Lincoln” (1958) by Emil Seletz | interior second floor lobby, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 2 building-mounted gold-colored bas relief figures
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“The Law Givers” (“Mosaic Law” and “Declaration of Independence”) (1960) by Albert Stewart | exterior southern façade, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | bronze bust |
“Lincoln the Lawyer” (1961) by Robert Merrell Gage | exterior north-east corner, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 20-foot by 80-foot high-relief granite and tile mosaic mural |
“Topographical Map” (1962) by Joseph Young | exterior north façade, Hall of Records, 320 West Temple Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 24-foot by 29-foot Byzantine mosaic mural | “Celebration of our Homeland” (1964) by Richard Haines | exterior of Los Angeles Federal building, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 24-foot by 29-foot Byzantine mosaic mural | “Recognition of All Foreign Lands” (1964) by Richard Haines | exterior of Los Angeles Federal building, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 9-foot bronze statue | “Joseph Scott” (1967) by Carl Romanelli and Cataldo Papaleo | exterior north-east corner, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photos, additional information: | | Los Angeles (Downtown) | bronze statue | "Christopher Columbus" (1973) by Francesco Perotti | Civic Center Mall between Hill Street and Broadway, Civic Center, Los Angeles | Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 2 17-foot by 40-foot mosaic tile murals | [untitled] or “World Cultures and America” and "The Family of Man" (circa 1973) by Millard Sheets | exterior entrances at Main Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles City Hall East, 200 N. Main Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | | Los Angeles (Downtown) | bronze sculpture, pedestal with bronze plaque | "Vietnam Memorial" (1973) by Frank Ackerman | Civic Center Mall between Hill Street and Broadway, Civic Center, Los Angeles | Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 10-foot acrylic mural |
“Blessing of the Animals” (1974-1978) by Leo Politi | exterior entrance, Eugene Biscailuz Building, Olvera Street, El Pueblo, Los Angeles |
Additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 10-foot statue/sculpture | “Carlos III” (1976, 1987) by Federico Coullaut-Valera | east side of Plaza Park, 125 Paseo De La Plaza, El Pueblo, Los Angeles |
Additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 8-foot by 44-foot ceramic tile mural | “Father Hildago in Front of the Church of Dolores” (or “Father Hildago Rang the Bells of Dolores”) (1979) by Eduardo Carrillo | Plaza Park, 125 Paseo De La Plaza, El Pueblo, Los Angeles |
Additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 7-foot by 11-foot Byzantine tesserae mural | “L’Annunciazione” (1981) by Isabel Piczek, after Ilario da Viterbo | exterior façade, Plaza Church, 535 N. Main Street, El Pueblo, Los Angeles |
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..Links to Additional Info. | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 70-foot by 70-foot acrylic emulsion paint mural |
“The Bride and Groom” (1972-1976) by Kent Twitchell | northeast side of Victor Clothing Company building, 240 S. Broadway Avenue, Historic Core, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 36-foot by 135-foot acrylic mural | “Flow Inversion” (1974) by Judith Von Euer PA | retaining wall, Harbor Freeway (110) and First Street, 100 N. Freemont Avenue, Historic Core, Los Angeles | Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 13-foot by 97-foot mosaic tile mural | “To Protect and to Serve” (1977) by Ben Meyer | exterior of Central Facilities Police building, 251 E. Sixth Street, Historic Core, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 12-foot by 7-foot steel sculpture | “Ten, Chi, Jin” (1979) by Michael Todd PA | pedestrian shopping area, Japanese Village Plaza, 327 E. Second Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 11-foot by 8-foot by 2-foot sculpture | “Dover” (1980) by Woods Davy | 455 E. Third Street (Little Toyko Towers), Little Tokyo, Los Angeles |
Photo: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 6-foot by 22-foot ceramic mural | “Sen Bana No Saki (A Thousand Blossoms)” (1980) by Kazuko Matthews PA | facing San Pedro Street, Honda Plaza, 400 E. Second Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles |
Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 22-foot by 9-foot photo-sensitized ceramic tile mural | “Senzo” (1980) by M. Matsukama | pedestrian shopping area, Japanese Village Plaza, 327 E. Second Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 18-foot by 4½-foot painted fiberglass sculpture | “Friendship Knot” (constructed in 1972, donated in 1981) by Shinkichi Tajiri PA | northwest corner of San Pedro Street and E. Second Street, Weller Court, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles |
Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles (Downtown) | 68-foot concrete pylon with terra cotta bas relief, bas relief mural panel | “Fort Moore Pioneer Monument” (1957) by Henry Kreis and Albert Stewart | west side of Hill Street, just south of Cesar Chavez
Avenue, Mission Junction, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (East Los Angeles, North-East Los Angeles) | ceramic tile mural |
“Ofrenda Maya I (Mayan Offering)” 1978) by Goez Art Studio | entrance to City Terrace Library, 4025 E. City Terrace Drive, City Terrace, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (East Los Angeles, North-East Los Angeles) | 2 13-foot by 25-foot murals |
“Our Lady of Guadalupe” (1973) by David Lopez | wall of Housing Authority office, 4800 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (East Los Angeles, North-East Los Angeles) | 3 panel mural | “The Short Life of John Doe” (“La Vida Breve de Alfonso Fulano”) (1978) by Goez Art Studio | facing Cesar Chavez Ave., Centro Maravilla Service Center, 4716 Cesar Chavez Avenue, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
Photo, additional information: | Los Angeles (East Los Angeles, North-East Los Angeles) | 10-foot by 40-foot acrylic mural |
“Tree of Knowledge” (a.k.a., the “Read” mural) (1978) by Josefina Quezada and Teresa Chacon | Anthony Quinn Library, 3965 Cesar Chavez Ave., East Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
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| Los Angeles (East Los Angeles, North-East Los Angeles) | 2 mosaic murals | [untitled] (circa 1972) by Millard Sheets, Nancy Colbath and Denis O’Connor | above main entrance, 5700 N. Figueroa Street, Highland Park, Los Angeles |
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LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFO. | Los Angeles (Greater Hollywood) | mosaic mural | [untitled] (1970) by Millard Sheets, Susan Hertel and Denis O’Connor | northeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles | Photos, additional information: Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles | Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley) | 12-foot by 16-foot mosaic mural | [untitled] (1977) by Millard Sheets, Susan Hertel, and Denis O’Connor | exterior façade above main entrance, 17107 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, Los Angeles | Additional information: Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles | Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley) | mosaic mural | [untitled] (1970) by Millard Sheets, Nancy Colbath and Denis O’Connor | exterior façade above entrance, 12051 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, Los Angeles | Additional information: Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles | Los Angeles
(San Fernando Valley) | 2,754-foot mural | "Great Wall of Los Angeles" (1974) by local artists, youth and community members | bank of Tujunga Flood Control Channel at eastern edge of Los Angeles Valley College, Coldwater Canyon Extension at Burbank Blvd., Valley Glen,Los Angeles | Photo, additional information:
Social and Public Art Resource Center | Los Angeles (South Los Angeles) | ceramic and glass tile mural | [no title] (1976) by Frank Matranga | exterior entrance, View Park Library, 3854 W. 54th Street, Hyde Park, Los Angeles |
Photos, additional information: | Los Angeles
(South Los Angeles) | 17 inter-connected sculptural structures | "Watts Towers" or "Nuestro Pueblo" (1921-1954) by Sabato (Simon) Rodia | 1761-1765 E. 107th Street, Watts, Los Angeles | Photo, additional information:
Watts Tower Arts Center | Los Angeles (Westside) | 50-foot by 100-foot acrylic enamel mural |
“St. Charles Painting” (1978) by Terry Schoonhoven | east side, Venice Beach Hotel, 21 Winward Avenue at Speedway, Venice, Los Angeles | Additional information: Venice Chamber of Commerce | Los Angeles (Westside) | mural | “Hi-De-Ho and Penny Lane” (1979) by Art Mortimer | Winward Avenue near Pacific Avenue, Venice, Los Angeles | Additional information: Venice Chamber of Commerce |
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