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List of public art in Los Angeles

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This is a list of public art in Los Angeles. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title.

Downtown Los Angeles

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Abraham Lincoln Robert Merrell Gage 1955 Grand Park, (Grand & 1st St) 34°03′20.8″N 118°14′54.1″W / 34.055778°N 118.248361°W / 34.055778; -118.248361 (Abraham Lincoln Statue) Bronze Bust City of LA[1]
Antonio Aguilar Monument Dan Medina September 16, 2012 Olvera St, (Alameda & Los Angeles St) 34°03′24.2″N 118°14′15.9″W / 34.056722°N 118.237750°W / 34.056722; -118.237750 (Antonio Agular Monument) Bronze 13 ft on a 5 ft fountain base. Commissioned by State of Zacatecas, Mexico. Owned by City of LA.[2]
Aquarius (sculpture) Jerome Kirk February 26, 1970 Union Bank Plaza, (445 S. Figueroa) 34°3′12.4″N 118°15′23.9″W / 34.053444°N 118.256639°W / 34.053444; -118.256639 Stainless Steel 18 ft on a concrete base Commissioned by the Community Redevelopment Agency's One Percent for the Arts, Art in Public Places Program. Funded by Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, owner of Union Bank Square.[3]
Armenian Genocide Memorial LA Unknown Artist April 24, 2015 Grand Park 34°03′18.0″N 118°14′41.7″W / 34.055000°N 118.244917°W / 34.055000; -118.244917 (Armenian Genocide Memorial LA) Bronze Plaque next to a memorial pomegranate tree. 2 ft Commissioned by Armenian American Community of LA. 100 other trees planted throughout City of LA.[4][5]
Beethoven Arnold Foerster 1932 Pershing Square 34°02′54.8″N 118°15′09.0″W / 34.048556°N 118.252500°W / 34.048556; -118.252500 (Beethoven Los Angeles) Bronze 7 ft on 4 ft pedestal Commissioned by La Philharmonic staff for its founder William Andrews Clark Jr.[6][7]
Bracero Monument Dan Medina September 29, 2019 Olvera Street 34°03′29.6″N 118°14′24.2″W / 34.058222°N 118.240056°W / 34.058222; -118.240056 (Bracero Monument Los Angeles) Bronze 13 ft Commissioned by LA Dept. of Cultural Affairs.
Statue of Bruce Lee Unknown Artist June 15, 2013 Chinatown 34°03′54.39″N 118°14′14.74″W / 34.0651083°N 118.2374278°W / 34.0651083; -118.2374278 (Statue of Bruce Lee Los Angeles) Bronze 7 ft Commissioned by the Lee Family, a California Native and visitor to LA's Chinatown.[8]
King Carlos III Federico Coullaut-Valera 1976 Olvera Street 34°03′22.9″N 118°14′19.0″W / 34.056361°N 118.238611°W / 34.056361; -118.238611 (King Carlos III Statue) Bronze 10 ft. Commissioned by the Spanish Consulte of Los Angeles for the US Bicentennial. Owned by the City of LA[9]
Chinatown Tai Chi Unknown Artist 2017 Chinatown 34°03′50.5″N 118°14′10.1″W / 34.064028°N 118.236139°W / 34.064028; -118.236139 (Chinatown Tai Chi) Stone with Fountain 4 ft
Chinatown Gateway Monument Ruppert Mok 2001 Chinatown 34°03′32.1″N 118°14′24.1″W / 34.058917°N 118.240028°W / 34.058917; -118.240028 (Statue of Bruce Lee Los Angeles) Bronze 7 ft Commissioned by Chinese American Community.[10]
Chiune Sugihara Memorial Statue Ramon G. Velazco 2002 Little Tokyo 34°02′52.5″N 118°14′21.0″W / 34.047917°N 118.239167°W / 34.047917; -118.239167 (Chiune Sugihara Memorial Statue) Bronze 4 ft sitting man statue. Neman Foundation[11]
Court of Historic American Flags 2013 Grand Park 34°03′18.0″N 118°14′41.7″W / 34.055000°N 118.244917°W / 34.055000; -118.244917 (Court of Flags Los Angeles) Flag Poles and Plaques 19 20 ft poles and flags LA County[12]
Cross at Olvera Street Jackie Hadnot Original 1930, replacement 2017 Olvera Street 34°03′24.8″N 118°14′18.5″W / 34.056889°N 118.238472°W / 34.056889; -118.238472 (Cross at Olvera Street) Wood 7'6 ft tall Commissioned by La Plaza Historical Society.[13]
Colpo D'Ala Arnaldo Pomodoro Dedicated December 12, 1988 Grand Park, (DWP Fountain) 34°03′27.5″N 118°14′59.5″W / 34.057639°N 118.249861°W / 34.057639; -118.249861 (Colpo d'ala) Bronze Commissioned by Government of Italy for the City of LA. Celebrating the 40 yr anniversary of the Marshall Plan.[14]

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Double Ascension Herbert Bayer Dedicated January 20, 1973 Bunker Hill, City National Plaza 34°03′03.9″N 118°15′25.7″W / 34.051083°N 118.257139°W / 34.051083; -118.257139 (Double Ascension) Sculpture: steel, painted; Basin: stone. 6.1 m (20 ft); 9.1 m diameter (30 ft) Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, California CA001163[16]
The Doughboy Humberto Pendretti 1924 Pershing Square 34°02′54.6″N 118°15′09.0″W / 34.048500°N 118.252500°W / 34.048500; -118.252500 (The Doughboy Los Angeles) Bronze 8 ft on 12 ft pedestal World War 1 Doughboy Memorial.[17]
Evelia de Pie Francisco Zúñiga 1978 USC 34°01′21.0″N 118°17′08.0″W / 34.022500°N 118.285556°W / 34.022500; -118.285556 (Evelia de Pie at USC) Bronze 7 ft Gift to USC from Dorothy Meisel[18]
Felipe de Neve Henry Lion Dedicated 1932 Olvera Street 34°03′23.9″N 118°14′20.0″W / 34.056639°N 118.238889°W / 34.056639; -118.238889 (Felipe De Neve Statue) Bronze 7'6 Commissioned by Parlor 247 Native Daughters of the Golden West. Owned by City of LA.[19]
Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial Adachi July 3, 1957 Olvera Street 34°03′30.3″N 118°14′30.9″W / 34.058417°N 118.241917°W / 34.058417; -118.241917 (Fort Moore Memorial) Terra Cota relief 78 x 45 ft tall City of LA.
Four Arches Alexander Calder 1973 Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles) 34°3′11.7″N 118°15′11.8″W / 34.053250°N 118.253278°W / 34.053250; -118.253278 Steel 63 x 10 ft tall Bank of America Corp. Art Collection[20]
Frank Putnam Flint Fountain Julia Bracken Wendt & Henry S. Makcay September 13, 1933 Los Angeles City Hall South Lawn 34°3′10.3″N 118°14′36.8″W / 34.052861°N 118.243556°W / 34.052861; -118.243556 Bronze and Marble 15 x 21 ft tall City of LA. [21]
George Washington Jean-Antoine Houdon February 22, 1933 Grand Park 34°03′21.8″N 118°14′44.8″W / 34.056056°N 118.245778°W / 34.056056; -118.245778 (George Washington Statue) Bronze 7'6 Commissioned by Los Angeles Women's Community Service. Owned by City of LA.[22]
Hammering Man Jonathan Borofsky 1988 South Park 34°02′27.4″N 118°15′18.1″W / 34.040944°N 118.255028°W / 34.040944; -118.255028 (Hammering Man Los Angeles) Painted Cor-Ten steel, motor. 22 ft. x 8 ft. x 2 in. California Mart, Facilities/Property Management, Los Angeles, California CA001164[23]
Homage to Cabrillo: Venetian Quadrant Eugene Sturman 1985 South Park 34°02′47.1″N 118°15′44.4″W / 34.046417°N 118.262333°W / 34.046417; -118.262333 (Homage to Cabrillo: Venetian Quadrant) Steel. Corner of Figueroa and 11th.
Intermittent Constancy Paul Chilkov 2015 Bunker Hill (adjacent Broad Museum). 34°03′13.4″N 118°15′03.3″W / 34.053722°N 118.250917°W / 34.053722; -118.250917 (Intermittent Constancy Los Angeles) Aluminum 27 ft The Emmerson Apartment Tower[24]
The Immigrants (sculpture) Alberto Biasi 1971 Chinatown 34°04′5.9″N 118°14′6.2″W / 34.068306°N 118.235056°W / 34.068306; -118.235056 (The Immigrants Los Angeles) Concrete and Steel 14 x 30ft St. Peters Italian Catholic Church
Statue of Junípero Serra Ettore Cadorin February 22, 1933 Olvera Street 34°03′22.32″N 118°14′17.88″W / 34.0562000°N 118.2383000°W / 34.0562000; -118.2383000 (Statue of Junípero Serra) Bronze 8' 9" × 2' 2" × 2' 4" Removed (toppled) in 2020.
Los Angeles Kings Monument Itamar Amrany, Julie Rotblatt Amrany and Omri Amrany 2016 Staples Center forecourt 34°02′37.8″N 118°16′4.1″W / 34.043833°N 118.267806°W / 34.043833; -118.267806 (LA Kings Monument) bronze, granite and glass LA Kings 50th anniversary commemoration.[25]
Los Angeles Pobladores Memorial Plaque Unknown Artist 1981 Olvera Street 34°03′24.8″N 118°14′18.5″W / 34.056889°N 118.238472°W / 34.056889; -118.238472 (Los Angeles Pobladores plaque at Olvera Street) Bronze 1 ft round plaque embedded on cement Commissioned by La Plaza Historical Society.[13]
The Law Givers Albert Stewart 1960 Grand Park 34°03′22.6″N 118°14′45.3″W / 34.056278°N 118.245917°W / 34.056278; -118.245917 (The Law Givers) Glazed Terracota 7'6 Twin mounted sculptures of "Mosaic Law" and "Declaration of Independence" represented by Moses and Thomas Jefferson.[26]
A Rose for Lilly Frank Gehry 2003 Grand Park, Walt Disney Concert Hall 34°03′20.2″N 118°15′00.7″W / 34.055611°N 118.250194°W / 34.055611; -118.250194 (A Rose for Lilly LA) Royal Delft Blue porcelain 22 ft wide by 7 ft tall Frank Gehry tribute to Lillian Disney.[27]
Peace on Earth Jacques Lipchitz 1969 Grand Park, Los Angeles Music Center 34°03′26.1″N 118°14′53.9″W / 34.057250°N 118.248306°W / 34.057250; -118.248306 (Peace on Earth LA) Bronze 29 ft [28]
Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial Isao Hirai 1990 Little Tokyo 34°03′00.2″N 118°14′31.0″W / 34.050056°N 118.241944°W / 34.050056; -118.241944 (Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial) Plastic and Metal 18 ft. a 1/10th scale model on a seven ft. pedestal. Commission by Little Tokyo residents and Merchants to honor Challenger crew, specifically Japanese-American Astronaut on board Ellison S. Onizuka.[29]
Spanish–American War Memorial S. M. Goddard and Kilpatrick 1900 Pershing Square 34°02′54.4″N 118°15′09.3″W / 34.048444°N 118.252583°W / 34.048444; -118.252583 (Spanish American War Memorial, Seventh Regiment Monument Los Angeles) Granite 6 ft on 6 ft pedestal Oldest known monument memorial in Los Angeles.[30]
Sun Yat-sen Unknown Artist 1961 Chinatown 34°03′55.3″N 118°14′13.5″W / 34.065361°N 118.237083°W / 34.065361; -118.237083 (Statue of Sun Yat-sen) Bronze 6 by 4 ft Commissioned by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.[31]
Triforium Joseph Young Commissioned 1972. 1975. Civic Center (Los Ángeles Mall) 34°03′14.6″N 118°14′28.0″W / 34.054056°N 118.241111°W / 34.054056; -118.241111 (Triforium Los Angeles Mall) Reinforced concrete, glass and painted steel. Electronically programmed music and light show. 60x by 20 ft. Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, Los Angeles, California CA000450[32][33]
Remembrance of Genocide in the Ukraine Grand Park 34°03′18.0″N 118°14′41.7″W / 34.055000°N 118.244917°W / 34.055000; -118.244917 (Ukraine Genocide Memorial LA) Bronze Plaque 3 ft Commissioned by Ukraine American Community of LA.[34]
Vietnam Memorial of LA County Frank Ackerman 1973 Grand Park 34°03′18.3″N 118°14′41.2″W / 34.055083°N 118.244778°W / 34.055083; -118.244778 (Vietnam Memorial Los Angeles) Bronze 6 ft LA County[35]

Central Los Angeles

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
The 9/11 Memorial Elysian Park (Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center) 34°04′08.8″N 118°14′35.5″W / 34.069111°N 118.243194°W / 34.069111; -118.243194 (The 9/11 Memorial Los Angeles FD) 23 ton Steel trident. Largest remnant of the destroyed World Trade Center outside New York City. LAFD[36]
A. W. Ross Unknown Artist Mid-Wilshire (Miracle Mile) 34°03′45.5″N 118°21′17.0″W / 34.062639°N 118.354722°W / 34.062639; -118.354722 (A. W. Ross Statue LA) Bronze 5 ft Promoter and founder of miracle Mile business district.
Berlin Bear Renee Sintenis 1976 Los Feliz (Griffith Park) 34°06′30.0″N 118°18′27.5″W / 34.108333°N 118.307639°W / 34.108333; -118.307639 (Bear Statue LA) Bronze 5 ft A Gift from the City of Berlin to sister City of LA.[37]
Berlin Wall Segments Marker 2009 Mid-Wilshire (Miracle Mile) 34°03′44.8″N 118°21′30.8″W / 34.062444°N 118.358556°W / 34.062444; -118.358556 (Berlin Wall Segment Marker LA) cement 11.8 ft Largest original Berlin Wall outside of Berlin. Owned by Wende Museum[38]
Cinema Infinite Michael James Culhane 2004 Hollywood (Highland Ave & Fountain Ave) 34°05′40.2″N 118°20′19.8″W / 34.094500°N 118.338833°W / 34.094500; -118.338833 (Cinema Infinite Sculpture) metal 8 ft [39]
The Flight of Europa Paul Manship Modeled 1930. Cast 1931. Hollywood (Sunset & Vine) 34°05′53.5″N 118°19′35.3″W / 34.098194°N 118.326472°W / 34.098194; -118.326472 (Flight of Europa) Bronze 12'5 on a fountain base Chase Bank[40]
Hollywood Sign Thomas Fisk Goff 1923 Hollywood (Mount Lee) 34°08′02.4″N 118°19′17.6″W / 34.134000°N 118.321556°W / 34.134000; -118.321556 (Hollywood Sign Los Angeles) Steel 45 ft tall, 350 ft long Originally created as temporary advertisement for a local real estate development. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, owned by the City of Los Angeles.[41]
Four Ladies of Hollywood Catherine Hardwicke 1993 Hollywood (Hollywood Blvd. & La Brea) 34°06′05.2″N 118°20′42.1″W / 34.101444°N 118.345028°W / 34.101444; -118.345028 (Flight of Europa) Stainless Steel 14 ft [42]
Griffith J. Griffith Jonathan Bickart 1996 Los Feliz (Griffith Park) 34°07′04.0″N 118°16′19.1″W / 34.117778°N 118.271972°W / 34.117778; -118.271972 (Griffith J. Griffith Statue) Bronze 7 ft Griffith Trust to the City of Los Angeles.
John Wayne Equestrian Statue Harry Jackson 1984 Beverly Hills (Wilshire & Hamilton Dr.) 34°03′53.2″N 118°22′31.4″W / 34.064778°N 118.375389°W / 34.064778; -118.375389 (John Wayne Equestrian Statue) Bronze 14 ft Commissioned by Great Western Savings and Loan Bank. Owned by Beverly Hills City.[43]
Bust of James Dean Kenneth Kendall 1988 Hollywood Hills (Griffith Park Observatory) 34°07′07.3″N 118°18′03.1″W / 34.118694°N 118.300861°W / 34.118694; -118.300861 (Bust of James Dean) Bronze 1 ft bust on a 5 ft pedestal. Commissioned by Dean himself. Presented to Griffith Park by artist.[44]
Kermit the Frog Statue Ed Eyth, Jim Mahon, Janis Beauchamp, Maria Jimenez, Craig Shepherd, Dave Conner & Barbara Grill 2000 Hollywood (Jim Henson Company Lot) 34°05′48.2″N 118°20′38.3″W / 34.096722°N 118.343972°W / 34.096722; -118.343972 (Kermit the Frog Statue LA) 12 ft statue on a 10 ft building. Commissioned by Brian & Lisa Henson, Jim Henson's children.[45][46]
The Muse Of Music Dance And Drama George Stanley 1940 Hollywood (Hollywood Bowl Entrance) 34°06′42.2″N 118°20′11.0″W / 34.111722°N 118.336389°W / 34.111722; -118.336389 (Hollywood Satellite Sculpture) Art, Sculpture and Bas Relief 15 ft statues Public Works of Art Project[47]
Hollywood Satellite Michael James Culhane 2005 Hollywood (Highland Avenue & Fountain Avenue) 34°05′40.2″N 118°20′18.4″W / 34.094500°N 118.338444°W / 34.094500; -118.338444 (Hollywood Satellite Sculpture) metal 25 ft [48]
Leif Erickson Bust 1936 Los Feliz (Griffith Park) 34°06′29.5″N 118°18′29.7″W / 34.108194°N 118.308250°W / 34.108194; -118.308250 (Bust of Leif Erickson) Bronze 1 ft bust on a 5 ft pedestal Icelandic Community (Nordic Civic League)to the City of LA.[49]
Levitated Mass Michael Heizer 2012 Mid-Wilshire (Miracle Mile) 34°03′52.0″N 118°21′35.6″W / 34.064444°N 118.359889°W / 34.064444; -118.359889 (Levitated Mass LA) Large granite stone LACMA[50]
Miner's Statue: Daniel O. McCarthy Pioneer Fountain Henry Lion 1925 Carthay Square (San Vicente Blvd & McCarthy Vista) 34°03′40.8″N 118°22′02.1″W / 34.061333°N 118.367250°W / 34.061333; -118.367250 (Miner Statue LA) Bronze 7 ft City of LA, Former site of Carthay Circle Theatre.[51]
Queen of the Angels (Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles) Ada Mae Sharpless 1935 Echo Park (Echo Park) 34°04′27.5″N 118°15′38.8″W / 34.074306°N 118.260778°W / 34.074306; -118.260778 (Lady of the Lake Statue) Concrete 14 ft Commissioned by DPWP (Public Works)[52]
Statue of Harrison Gray Otis Paul Troubetzkoy 1920 Westlake (MacArthur Park 34°03′33.9″N 118°16′44.9″W / 34.059417°N 118.279139°W / 34.059417; -118.279139 (Flight of Europa) Bronze 14 ft City of LA[53]
Psychogeographies Dustin Yellin 2015 Hollywood (Columbia Square) 34°05′53.6″N 118°19′23.1″W / 34.098222°N 118.323083°W / 34.098222; -118.323083 (Psychogeographies Columbia Square) Glass Sculpture [54]
Spirit of Los Angeles Delesprie 2001 The Grove at Farmers Market 34°04′19.8″N 118°21′30.3″W / 34.072167°N 118.358417°W / 34.072167; -118.358417 (Spirit of Los Angeles) Bronze 32 ft tall Commissioned by Rick Caruso[55]
Rocky and Bullwinkle Bill Oberlin 1961 West Hollywood (Sunset Strip) 34°05′26.6″N 118°22′58.7″W / 34.090722°N 118.382972°W / 34.090722; -118.382972 (Rocky and Bullwinkle Statue LA) Plaster, Metal and Paint 12 ft. Donated by the Ward Family for City of West Hollywood's Urban Art Collection[56]
Urban Light Chris Burden 2008 Mid-Wilshire (Miracle Mile) 34°03′46.9″N 118°21′33.1″W / 34.063028°N 118.359194°W / 34.063028; -118.359194 (Urban Light LA) Refurbished metal city light poles Various heights Purchased from artist by LACMA.

East Los Angeles & Northeast Los Angeles

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Agustin Lara Humberto Peraza 1984 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′57.1″N 118°12′26.1″W / 34.065861°N 118.207250°W / 34.065861; -118.207250 (Agustin Lara Statue Los Angeles) Bronze 6 ft statue on a 5 ft pedestal City of LA.[57][58]
Bell of Dolores Unknown Artist 1978 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′55.8″N 118°12′21.8″W / 34.065500°N 118.206056°W / 34.065500; -118.206056 (Bell of Dolores) Bronze 3 ft Bell on a 12 ft Arch City of LA.[57][58]
Benito Juarez Monument Unknown Artist 1976 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.3″N 118°12′21.5″W / 34.065639°N 118.205972°W / 34.065639; -118.205972 (Benito Juarez Monument Los Angeles) Bronze 4 ft statue on a 5 ft pedestal Commissioned as a gift to the City of LA by Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo.[59]
Emperor Cuauhtemoc Unknown Artist 1981 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′57.7″N 118°12′28.5″W / 34.066028°N 118.207917°W / 34.066028; -118.207917 (Cuauhtemoc Statue Los Angeles) Stone 13 ft City of LA.[57][58]
Emiliano Zapata Equestrian Statue Ignacio Asunsolo 1980 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′55.2″N 118°12′26.1″W / 34.065333°N 118.207250°W / 34.065333; -118.207250 (Emiliano Zapata Equestrian Statue Los Angeles) Bronze 15 ft A gift to City of LA from sister city, the City of Mexico.[60]
Faces of Elysian Valley Freya Bardell & Brian Howe 1984 Elysian Park (Roundabout) 34°04′53.5″N 118°13′32.8″W / 34.081528°N 118.225778°W / 34.081528; -118.225778 (faces of Elysian Valley Los Angeles) Granite 8 ft x 12 ft high City of LA.[61]
Florence Nightingale Peter David Edstrom 1936 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′57.1″N 118°12′05.8″W / 34.065861°N 118.201611°W / 34.065861; -118.201611 (Lucha Reyes Statue Los Angeles) Cast Stone 10 ft City of LA.[57]
Guadalupe Victoria Bust Unknown Artist 1997 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.1″N 118°12′22.0″W / 34.065583°N 118.206111°W / 34.065583; -118.206111 (Guadalupe Victoria Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal A gift from the Mexican state of Durango to the city of Los Angeles.[62]
Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon Equestrian Statue Julian Martinez 1980 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′55.8″N 118°12′21.8″W / 34.065500°N 118.206056°W / 34.065500; -118.206056 (Bell of Dolores) Bronze 15 ft City of LA.[57][58]
Dona Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Bust Velarco 1996 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.0″N 118°12′22.0″W / 34.065556°N 118.206111°W / 34.065556; -118.206111 (Dona Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal [63]
Ignacio Zaragosa Bust Francisco Zúñiga 1981 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.5″N 118°12′21.4″W / 34.065694°N 118.205944°W / 34.065694; -118.205944 (Ignacio Zaragosa Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal Commissioned as a gift to the City of LA by the Mexican Secretary of Defense Felix Galvan Lopez.[64]
Jesus Gonzalez Ortega Bust Ayda 1987 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.6″N 118°12′21.6″W / 34.065722°N 118.206000°W / 34.065722; -118.206000 (Jesus Gonzalez Ortega Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal Commissioned as a gift to the City of LA by the Mexican state of Zacatecas.[64]
Lazaro Cardenas Bust Ernesto E. Tamariz 1989 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.5″N 118°12′22.2″W / 34.065694°N 118.206167°W / 34.065694; -118.206167 (Lazaro Cardenas Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal [65]
Lincoln the Lawyer Julia Bracken Wendt 1925 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′57.6″N 118°12′18.8″W / 34.066000°N 118.205222°W / 34.066000; -118.205222 (Lincoln the Lawyer Los Angeles) Bronze 4 ft statue on a 5 ft pedestal City of LA.[66]
Lucha Reyes Mariachi Plaza (5399467849).jpg unknown artist 2009 Boyle Heights (Mariachi Plaza) 34°02′51.2″N 118°13′10.6″W / 34.047556°N 118.219611°W / 34.047556; -118.219611 (Lucha Reyes Statue Los Angeles) Bronze 8 ft City of LA.[67][68]
Mexican American All Wars Memorial Unknown Artist 1947 Boyle Heights (Cesar Chavez Avenue & Indiana Street)(Cinco Puntos) 34°02′25.0″N 118°11′33.5″W / 34.040278°N 118.192639°W / 34.040278; -118.192639 (Mexican American All Wars Memorial) Bronze Cement Plinth Commissioned by the Mexican American residents. City of LA.[69]
El Cura Don Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Efren de los Rios 1938 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.3″N 118°12′22.2″W / 34.065639°N 118.206167°W / 34.065639; -118.206167 (Miguel Hidalgo Statue Los Angeles) Bronze 8 ft statue on a 3 ft pedestal City of LA.[69]
Pancho Villa Bust Unknown Artist 1980 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.1″N 118°12′21.5″W / 34.065583°N 118.205972°W / 34.065583; -118.205972 (Pancho Villa Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal [70]
Ramon Lopez Velarde Bust Francisco Zúñiga 1988 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.5″N 118°12′21.4″W / 34.065694°N 118.205944°W / 34.065694; -118.205944 (Ramon Lopez Velarde Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal [71]
Venustiano Carranza Bust Victor Gutierrez 1980 Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Park) 34°03′56.5″N 118°12′21.1″W / 34.065694°N 118.205861°W / 34.065694; -118.205861 (Venustiano Carranza Bust Los Angeles) Bronze 2 ft bust on a 4 ft pedestal [57]

Harbor

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Mojo Christian Moeller 2011 San Pedro (7th & Centre St.) 33°44′16.7″N 118°17′00.2″W / 33.737972°N 118.283389°W / 33.737972; -118.283389 (Mojo Sculpture Los Angeles) Metal, light, robotic arm, and surveillance cameras. 25 ft Centre Street Lofts, Los Angeles, California 78430031[72][73]

South Los Angeles

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Mama Watts Bill Watts 1965 Watts (Watts Towers) 33°56′19.4″N 118°14′30.7″W / 33.938722°N 118.241861°W / 33.938722; -118.241861 (Mama Watts Los Angeles) Concrete 5 ft City of LA.[74]
World Wars Mid-City Memorial Unknown Artist 1936 Baldwin Hills (La Brea Ave & Adams Blvd) 34°01′56.5″N 118°21′04.5″W / 34.032361°N 118.351250°W / 34.032361; -118.351250 (Mid City Memorial) Stone 15 ft Commissioned by the American Legion. City of LA.[75]
Wish Dandelions Heath Satow 2014 Alameda (Slauson Ave & S Central Ave) 33°59′17.6″N 118°15′28.5″W / 33.988222°N 118.257917°W / 33.988222; -118.257917 (NoHo Gateway Los Angeles) Metal City of LA.[76]

The Valley

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Amelia Earhart Ernest Shelton 1971 North Hollywood (Magnolia Blvd & Tujunga Ave) 34°09′54.1″N 118°22′45.1″W / 34.165028°N 118.379194°W / 34.165028; -118.379194 (NoHo Amelia Earhart Statue Los Angeles) Bronze City of LA.[77]
Emmy Statue 1991 North Hollywood (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Headquarters) 34°09′57.2″N 118°22′28.1″W / 34.165889°N 118.374472°W / 34.165889; -118.374472 (NoHo Amelia Earhart Statue Los Angeles) Bronze 18 ft Television Academy[78]
NoHo Gateway Peter Shire 2009 North Hollywood (Lankershim Blvd & Huston St) 34°09′34.6″N 118°22′17.4″W / 34.159611°N 118.371500°W / 34.159611; -118.371500 (NoHo Gateway Los Angeles) Bronze, Metal and Slate City of LA.[76]

West Los Angeles

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Air Aristide Maillol Modeled 1938. Cast 1962. Getty Center Forecourt 34°04′40.6″N 118°28′30.1″W / 34.077944°N 118.475028°W / 34.077944; -118.475028 (Air at J.Paul Getty Museum) Lead 50 in × 94 in × 36 3⁄4 in J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California 68360015[79]
Ballerina Clown Jonathan Borofsky 1989 Venice Beach 33°59′46.1″N 118°28′40.3″W / 33.996139°N 118.477861°W / 33.996139; -118.477861 (Ballerina Clown) Metal 30 ft tall Harlan Lee[80]
Declaration (sculpture) Mark di Suvero 2001 Venice Beach Steel 60 ft tall Installed for Venice Art Walk’s 22nd anniversary. It was only intended to be a display lasting six months, remains in place.[81]
Elegy III Barbara Hepworth 1969 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 34°04′30.9″N 118°26′25.9″W / 34.075250°N 118.440528°W / 34.075250; -118.440528 (ElegyIII at UCLA) Bronze 130 cm × 64 cm × 48 cm (51 in × 25 in × 19 in) Administered by University of California at Los Angeles, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California 3070034[82]
Figure for Landscape Barbara Hepworth Modeled 1960. Cast 1968. Getty Center Forecourt 34°04′40.6″N 118°28′30.1″W / 34.077944°N 118.475028°W / 34.077944; -118.475028 (Air at J.Paul Getty Museum) Lead J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California 68360018[83]
LAX Gateway Pylons Paul Tsanetopoulos 2000 LAX 33°56′38.5″N 118°23′48.3″W / 33.944028°N 118.396750°W / 33.944028; -118.396750 (LAX Gateway Pylons) Glass 26 100 ft colored pylons City of LA[84][85]
Replica of Moses (Michelangelo) Michelangelo Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Spirit of 98 aka Lady Liberty Roger Noble Burnham & David Wilkens 1950 Westwood (Los Angeles National Cemetery) 34°03′28.5″N 118°26′53.2″W / 34.057917°N 118.448111°W / 34.057917; -118.448111 (Spirit of 98/Lady Liberty Monument) Concrete & Plaster 6 ft statue on a 10 ft platform City of LA[86]
Torso Robert Graham 2003 Beverly Hills (Rodeo Drive) 34°04′03.8″N 118°24′05.4″W / 34.067722°N 118.401500°W / 34.067722; -118.401500 (Torso Beverly Hills) Steel Rodeo Drive Committee and City of Beverly Hills.[87]

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