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.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm. Photographic prints
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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