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    (Grand Hope Park Sculpture), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Guerrero, Raul, 1945- , sculptor.
    Halprin, Lawrence, 1916-2009, landscape architect.
    Braverman, Kate, author.
    Coleman, Wanda, author.
    Title: 
    (Grand Hope Park Sculpture), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Mirage, (sculpture).
    Aviary, (sculpture).
    Ancient Fossils, (sculpture).
    Poetry Pegola, (sculpture).
    Ant Tile Wall, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993. Dedicated June 12, 1993.
    Medium: 
    Aviary: stencilled images; Poetry Pergola: stencilled script; Ancient Fossils: polished granite and sandblasted tile; Ant Tile Wall: painted tiles; Mirage: quartzite, tiles and bronze; Poetry Pegola: stencilled script and redwood.
    Dimensions: 
    5 sculptures. Bench: approx. 32 x 180 x 32 in.; Ant Tile Wall: approx. H. 6 x W. 6 in; Fountain: approx. H. 10 x Diam. 25 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Each piece has a plaque identifying the artist, poets, year and media. Signatures appear on these plaques.) signed
    Description: 
    Five sculptures located throughout a public park. "Mirage" is a fountain designed to resemble a coiled snake. A central shaft holds a desert scene in glass mosaic. Two eggs, one in the fountain and one on the shaft are also in glass mosaic. "Poetry Pergola" and "Aviary" are located on the pergola. Stencilled images and birds and stencilled script of two poems comprise this piece. The bench, "Ancient Fossils" incorporates tile to form the images of four lizard-like reptiles. "Ant Hill Wall" has ants leaving their hole on one side the wall to a hole on the other side, in a desert-like setting.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Animal -- Bird
    Architecture -- Detail -- Porch
    Object -- Furniture -- Bench
    Animal -- Insect -- Ant
    Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle
    Animal -- Rabbit
    Landscape -- Desert
    Literature -- Braverman -- The Desert Wind Howls
    Literature -- Coleman -- Many Songs One City
    Literature -- Coleman -- Psalm for the Angels
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Mosaic
    Bench
    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: 
    Group title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
    Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $25,000 given in 1988 to the Community Redevelopment Agency. Developed through the One Percent for the Arts program. Cost was $390,000. Cost of artwork was approximately $108,273. IAS files include the text of the poetry that appears on the pergola, a Community Redelopment Agency memorandum, and site design plans.
    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 CA000457
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