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DESCRIPTION: stainless steel gazebo gateway sculpture, supported by four 7-foot high stainless steel statues (Mae West, Anna May Wong, Dolores Del Rio, Dorothy Dandridge) by sculptor Harl West, topped by a gilded weather vane statuette of Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose from her film The Seven Year Itch; the gazebo is surrounded by granite tile mosaic paving
This gazebo and statue installation at one end of the Hollywood Walk of Fame includes several components by different artists, and it has the alternate title 'The Four Ladies of Hollywood.' The Smithsonian American Art Museum's online catalog describes West's four statues of Mae West, Anna May Wong, Dolores Del Rio, and Dorothy Dandridge as wearing "glamorous long gowns." Harl West's "gowns", however, are sculpted so minimally as to be barely distinguishable on each of the female forms, with the result that the statues appear essentially as nudes.
In June of 2019 the Marilyn Monroe statuette on the spire was stolen (Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2019) and not recovered (as of 2022).
This gazebo and statue installation at one end of the Hollywood Walk of Fame includes several components by different artists, and it has the alternate title 'The Four Ladies of Hollywood.' The Smithsonian American Art Museum's online catalog describes West's four statues of Mae West, Anna May Wong, Dolores Del Rio, and Dorothy Dandridge as wearing "glamorous long gowns." Harl West's "gowns", however, are sculpted so minimally as to be barely distinguishable on each of the female forms, with the result that the statues appear essentially as nudes.
In June of 2019 the Marilyn Monroe statuette on the spire was stolen (Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2019) and not recovered (as of 2022).
LOCATION: southeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. and La Brea Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mae West
Anna May Wong
Dorothy Dandridge
Dolores Del Rio
GAZEBO SPIRE WITHOUT THE MARILYN MONROE STATUETTE
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