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Pyramids, (sculpture). Artist:  Simonian, Judith, sculptor. Rugerio, German, sculptor. Title:  Pyramids, (sculpture). Dates:  1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Glazed ceramic tile over reinforced concrete. Dimensions:  2 pyramids. Each pyramid: approx. 5 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. x 6 ft. Inscription:  (Inscribed in glaze on west pyramid:) CASA - PUE, MEX / C RUGERIO (Inscribed in glaze on east pyramid:) GERMAN RUGERIO H. / "CASA RUGERIO"/PUEBLA MEXICO signed Description:  Two child-size tiled pyramids, connected by an underground speaking tube, so children can talk to each other. The blue and gray tiled west pyramid has an image of a young man in a Mexican landscape, poised listening with his proper right hand cupped to his ear. The east pyramid is covered in dark blue tiles. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Recreation -- Leisure -- Conversation Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California Lent by Simonian, Judith, Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant given in 1985 to The Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design. Simonian collaborated with Mexican tile maker German Rugerio to create the sculpture. Rugerio German produced the traditional puebla style panel depicting the man with his hand cupped over his ear. IAS files contain an excerpt from Adolfo V. Nodal's "How the Arts Made a Difference," Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1989, pg. 74-76. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Wharton & Griswold Associates, Inc., 1996. 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 CA000377   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000377 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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