Robert Graham's bronze nudes are displayed before the archway of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The fact that the bronze nudes are anatomically explicit is not the sculpture's downfall. It is the Arch of Triumph's overdone, baroque quality--with its bronze, decorated columns and gold leaf--that has created a betrayal of the artist's unique and elegant style. Photo dated: June 2, 1984.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Olympic Games--(23rd :--1984 :--Los Angeles, Calif.) Olympic Gateway (Sculpture) Olympics Sculpture--California--Los Angeles Bronze sculpture--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Graham, Robert,1938-2008
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