Source Figure (1992) 

by Robert Graham

DESCRIPTION:   40-inch high female nude cast bronze sculpture with copper patina, mounted on a 10-foot high 3-tiered  bronze and granite pedestal with cast bronze sculptures of large-clawed crabs at its base, surrounded by a shallow circular pool  

Graham designed this central sculpture and pool as the symbolic source of the cascading stream of Lawrence Halprin's 1989 Library Steps that terminates at the fountain at 5th Street across from the Los Angeles Central Library.
LOCATION:  Library Tower plaza (top of "Library Steps", 633 W. Fifth Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA
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