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Title
Ali Roushan with "Five Stages of Man"
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Gulker, Chris
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
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.
Description
Ali Roushan is an Iranian-born artist and metalworker. The Zoft tall prayer and meditation sculpture was installed at 1550 Superior Avenue in Costa Mesa. Apparently, there was a legal dispute over the sculpture's size according to local ordinances governing the size and height of structures in Costa Mesa.
Ali Roushan with sculpture that is not charming Costa Mesa city fathers. Photograph caption reads: "Ali Roushan with 'Five Stages of Man' sculpture in Costa Mesa." Photograph dated June 7, 1981.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00078269
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b044_f3_i25
CARL0000079624
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24605
Subject
Roushan, Ali
Artists--California--Costa Mesa
Sculpture--California--Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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