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Title
Music Center Plaza
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
1981
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description
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The upper level of the circular Mark Taper Forum is cantilevered outward to a diameter of 140 feet. Wrapping this upper area is a 378-foot precast concrete ""sculpture mural"" made up of 63 panels, each 27 feet high and 6 feet wide, representing a stylized expression of dance. Over the years changes have been made to the theater's reflecting pools: an in-fill of its 2 northern segments to accommodate site enhancements; the 2 southern segments were updated with new pool colors and the installation of railings to prevent accidents.
Looking northwest towards the ""Peace on Earth"" bronze sculpture in the large reflecting pool at the Music Center Plaza. The sculpture dedication reads, ""Peace on Earth -- By -- Jacques Lipchitz -- Given as a Symbol of Peace to the Peoples of the World -- Lloyd E. Rigler -- Lawrence E. Deutsch -- 1969."" Beyond the line of manicured ficus nitida trees is the Mark Taper Forum (background), March 1981.
Type
Image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00161008
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b123_f1_s10
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/134473
Subject
Music Center of Los Angeles County
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sculpture
Bronze sculpture
Women
Reflecting pools
Theaters
Weeping figs
Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Lipchitz, Jacques,--1891-1973
Welton Becket and Associates
Time Period
1981-1990
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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