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Description
Order Number
00160990
Title
"
Peace
on
Earth
" at
Music
Center
Photographer
Hankey, Roy.
Collection ID
Roy Hankey Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
GPC_b123_f1_s9
Date
1981
Physical Description
1
slide
:
color
;
5x5
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
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
.
Description
Looking
northeast
towards
the
Civic
Center
from
behind
the "
Peace
on
Earth
"
bronze
sculpture
in the
reflecting
pool
at the
Music
Center
Plaza
. A
glimpse
of the
Mark
Taper
Forum
is
present
on the
left
and
across
Grand
Avenue
are the
Los
Angeles
County
Hall
of
Administration
(left
of
center)
and
Hall
of
Records
, and
further
east
are the
Criminal
Courts
Building
and
City
Hall
,
March
1981
.
Subject
Music Center of Los Angeles County.
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration.
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1962-).
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Sculpture.
Bronze sculpture.
Reflecting pools.
Trees.
Theaters.
City halls.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Courthouses.
Public buildings.
Civic centers.
Office buildings.
Weeping figs.
Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Lipchitz, Jacques,--1891-1973.
Albert C. Martin and Associates.
Austin, John C. W.--(John Corneby Wilson),--1870-1963.
Parkinson, Donald B.--(Donald Berthold),--1895-1945.
Neutra, Richard Joseph,--1892-1970.
Welton Becket and Associates.
Coverage
1981
;
1982
;
1983
;
1984
;
1985
;
1986
;
1987
;
1988
;
1989
;
1990
Format
Photographic color slides
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/Inc/1.0
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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