Title supplied by cataloger. Designed by Jacques Lipchitz and installed in 1969, the 30-foot ""Peace on Earth"" bronze sculpture depicts a dove descending to Earth as a spirit of peace, further symbolized by a Madonna standing inside a tear-shaped canopy, being supported by reclining lambs. The reflecting pool was replaced by an automated fountain designed by WET 20 years later. As part of a $40 million revitalization of the Music Center Plaza, renamed Jerry Moss Plaza, the sculpture was moved from its central location to the western edge along Hope Street in 2018. Before the sculpture was reinstalled, it received a new base in which a time capsule was placed. Inside the capsule is a flock of origami cranes with wishes for a future world of fellowship and harmonious coexistence. A woman looks up at the ""Peace on Earth"" bronze sculpture in the large reflecting pool at the Music Center Plaza. Directly in front of her on the pool's southern edge is the sculpture dedication which 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.
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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
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