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.
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Abraham Lincoln | | Robert Merrell Gage | 1955 | Grand Park, (Grand & 1st St) | 34.0558°N -118.2484°W | Bronze | Bust | City of LA[1] |
Antonio Aguilar Monument | | Dan Medina | September 16, 2012 | Olvera St, (Alameda & Los Angeles St) | 34.0567°N -118.2378°W | 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) | | 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 | 34.055°N -118.2449°W | 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 | 34.0486°N -118.2525°W | 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 | 34.0582°N -118.2401°W | Bronze | 13 ft | Commissioned by LA Dept. of Cultural Affairs. |
Statue of Bruce Lee | | Unknown Artist | June 15, 2013 | Chinatown | 34.0651°N -118.2374°W | 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 | 34.0564°N -118.2386°W | 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 | 34.064°N -118.2361°W | Stone with Fountain | 4 ft | |
Chinatown Gateway Monument | | Ruppert Mok | 2001 | Chinatown | 34.0589°N -118.24°W | Bronze | 7 ft | Commissioned by Chinese American Community.[10] |
Chiune Sugihara Memorial Statue | | Ramon G. Velazco | 2002 | Little Tokyo | 34.0479°N -118.2392°W | Bronze | 4 ft sitting man statue. | Neman Foundation[11] |
Court of Historic American Flags | | | 2013 | Grand Park | 34.055°N -118.2449°W | 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 | 34.0569°N -118.2385°W | 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) | 34.0576°N -118.2499°W | Bronze | | Commissioned by Government of Italy for the City of LA. Celebrating the 40 yr anniversary of the Marshall Plan.[14] [15] |
Double Ascension | | Herbert Bayer | Dedicated January 20, 1973 | Bunker Hill, City National Plaza | 34.0511°N -118.2571°W | 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 | 34.0485°N -118.2525°W | Bronze | 8 ft on 12 ft pedestal | World War 1 Doughboy Memorial.[17] |
Evelia de Pie | | Francisco Zúñiga | 1978 | USC | 34.0225°N -118.2856°W | Bronze | 7 ft | Gift to USC from Dorothy Meisel[18] |
Felipe de Neve | | Henry Lion | Dedicated 1932 | Olvera Street | 34.0566°N -118.2389°W | 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 | 34.0584°N -118.2419°W | Terra Cota relief | 78 x 45 ft tall | City of LA. |
Four Arches | | Alexander Calder | 1973 | Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles) | | 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 | | Bronze and Marble | 15 x 21 ft tall | City of LA. [21] |
George Washington | | Jean-Antoine Houdon | February 22, 1933 | Grand Park | 34.0561°N -118.2458°W | Bronze | 7'6 | Commissioned by Los Angeles Women's Community Service. Owned by City of LA.[22] |
Hammering Man | | Jonathan Borofsky | 1988 | South Park | 34.0409°N -118.255°W | Painted Cor-Ten steel, motor. | 22 ft. x 8 ft. x 2 in. | California Mart, Facilities/Property Management, Los Angeles, California CA001164[23] |
| | Eugene Sturman | 1985 | South Park | 34.0464°N -118.2623°W | Steel. | | Corner of Figueroa and 11th. |
Intermittent Constancy | | Paul Chilkov | 2015 | Bunker Hill (adjacent Broad Museum). | 34.0537°N -118.2509°W | Aluminum | 27 ft | The Emmerson Apartment Tower[24] |
The Immigrants (sculpture) | | Alberto Biasi | 1971 | Chinatown | 34.0683°N -118.2351°W | Concrete and Steel | 14 x 30ft | St. Peters Italian Catholic Church |
Statue of Junípero Serra | | Ettore Cadorin | February 22, 1933 | Olvera Street | 34.0562°N -118.2383°W | 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 | 34.0438°N -118.2678°W | bronze, granite and glass | | LA Kings 50th anniversary commemoration.[25] |
Los Angeles Pobladores Memorial Plaque | | Unknown Artist | 1981 | Olvera Street | 34.0569°N -118.2385°W | Bronze | 1 ft round plaque embedded on cement | Commissioned by La Plaza Historical Society. |
The Law Givers | | Albert Stewart | 1960 | Grand Park | 34.0563°N -118.2459°W | 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 | 34.0556°N -118.2502°W | 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 | 34.0573°N -118.2483°W | Bronze | 29 ft | [28] |
Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial | | Isao Hirai | 1990 | Little Tokyo | 34.0501°N -118.2419°W | 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 | 34.0484°N -118.2526°W | Granite | 6 ft on 6 ft pedestal | Oldest known monument memorial in Los Angeles.[30] |
Sun Yat-sen | | Unknown Artist | 1961 | Chinatown | 34.0654°N -118.2371°W | Bronze | 6 by 4 ft | Commissioned by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.[31] |
Triforium | | Joseph Young | Commissioned 1972. 1975. | Civic Center (Los Ángeles Mall) | 34.0541°N -118.2411°W | 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 | 34.055°N -118.2449°W | Bronze Plaque | 3 ft | Commissioned by Ukraine American Community of LA.[34] |
Vietnam Memorial of LA County | | Frank Ackerman | 1973 | Grand Park | 34.0551°N -118.2448°W | Bronze | 6 ft | LA County[35] | |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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The 9/11 Memorial | | | | Elysian Park (Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center) | 34.0691°N -118.2432°W | 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) | 34.0626°N -118.3547°W | Bronze | 5 ft | Promoter and founder of miracle Mile business district. |
Berlin Bear | | Renee Sintenis | 1976 | Los Feliz (Griffith Park) | 34.1083°N -118.3076°W | 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) | 34.0624°N -118.3586°W | 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) | 34.0945°N -118.3388°W | metal | 8 ft | [39] |
The Flight of Europa | | Paul Manship | Modeled 1930. Cast 1931. | Hollywood (Sunset & Vine) | 34.0982°N -118.3265°W | Bronze | 12'5 on a fountain base | Chase Bank[40] |
Hollywood Sign | | Thomas Fisk Goff | 1923 | Hollywood (Mount Lee) | 34.134°N -118.3216°W | 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) | 34.1014°N -118.345°W | Stainless Steel | 14 ft | [42] |
Griffith J. Griffith | | Jonathan Bickart | 1996 | Los Feliz (Griffith Park) | 34.1178°N -118.272°W | Bronze | 7 ft | Griffith Trust to the City of Los Angeles. |
John Wayne Equestrian Statue | | Harry Jackson | 1984 | Beverly Hills (Wilshire & Hamilton Dr.) | 34.0648°N -118.3754°W | 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) | 34.1187°N -118.3009°W | 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) | 34.0967°N -118.344°W | | 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) | 34.1117°N -118.3364°W | 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) | 34.0945°N -118.3384°W | metal | 25 ft | [48] |
Leif Erickson Bust | | | 1936 | Los Feliz (Griffith Park) | 34.1082°N -118.3083°W | 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) | 34.0644°N -118.3599°W | Large granite stone | | LACMA[50] |
Miner's Statue: Daniel O. McCarthy Pioneer Fountain | | Henry Lion | 1925 | Carthay Square (San Vicente Blvd & McCarthy Vista) | 34.0613°N -118.3673°W | 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) | 34.0743°N -118.2608°W | Concrete | 14 ft | Commissioned by DPWP (Public Works)[52] |
Statue of Harrison Gray Otis | | Paul Troubetzkoy | 1920 | Westlake (MacArthur Park | 34.0594°N -118.2791°W | Bronze | 14 ft | City of LA[53] |
Psychogeographies | | Dustin Yellin | 2015 | Hollywood (Columbia Square) | 34.0982°N -118.3231°W | Glass Sculpture | | [54] |
Spirit of Los Angeles | | Delesprie | 2001 | The Grove at Farmers Market | 34.0722°N -118.3584°W | Bronze | 32 ft tall | Commissioned by Rick Caruso[55] |
Rocky and Bullwinkle | | Bill Oberlin | 1961 | West Hollywood (Sunset Strip) | 34.0907°N -118.383°W | 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) | 34.063°N -118.3592°W | Refurbished metal city light poles | Various heights | Purchased from artist by LACMA. | |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Air | | Aristide Maillol | Modeled 1938. Cast 1962. | Getty Center Forecourt | 34.0779°N -118.475°W | 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 | 33.9961°N -118.4779°W | 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 | 34.0753°N -118.4405°W | 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 | 34.0779°N -118.475°W | Lead | | J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California 68360018[83] |
LAX Gateway Pylons | | Paul Tsanetopoulos | 2000 | LAX | 33.944°N -118.3968°W | 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) | 34.0579°N -118.4481°W | Concrete & Plaster | 6 ft statue on a 10 ft platform | City of LA[86] |
Torso | | Robert Graham | 2003 | Beverly Hills (Rodeo Drive) | 34.0677°N -118.4015°W | Steel | | Rodeo Drive Committee and City of Beverly Hills.[87] | |