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Urban Curious Coyotes, Snake and Hawk, (sculpture). Artist:  Murrill, Gwynn, 1942- , sculptor. Halprin, Lawrence, 1916-2009, landscape architect. Title:  Urban Curious Coyotes, Snake and Hawk, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Urban Curiosity, (sculpture). Dates:  1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast bronze. Dimensions:  5 sculptures. Coyote with head down: approx. 24 x 48 x 9 in.;Sitting coyote: approx. 30 x 42 x 11 in.; Walking coyote: approx. 28 x 39 x 10 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Three coyotes are installed on a grassy knoll. One is walking, one is sitting, and one stands with its head down, as though it is sniffing something in the grass. A hawk is perching on the pergola. A snake slithers on a ramp leading to a fountain. Subject:  Animal -- Coyote Animal -- Bird -- Hawk Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Los Angeles, Community Redevelopment Agency, Art Program, 354 South Spring Street, 7th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located Grand Hope Park, Grand & Hope Streets and 9th & Olympic, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant given in 1988 to the Community Redevelopment Agency. Developed through the One Percent for the Arts program as part of the construction of Grand Hope Park. Cost was $390,000. Artwork costs $90,000. IAS files contain a Community Redevelopment Agency memorandum, site design plans, and newspaper clippings. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA000459   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000459 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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