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Date : 1969
Material : Bronze
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Outdoor Architecture
Sculpture (Group)
Area related
Downtown Los Angeles (USA)
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On Sunday afternoon, May 4, 1969, "Peace on Earth" by Jacques Lipchitz was dedicated. His sculpture portrays a dove descending to earth with the spirit of peace, symbolized by the Madonna standing inside a tear shaped canopy, supported by a base of reclining lambs. Lawrence E. Deutsch and Lloyd Rigler donated $250,000 to commission a work for the fountain.
The architects of the Music Center, Welton Becket and Associates, opposed placing sculpture in the plaza between the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Mark Taper Forum. However after a two year search, the Art Committee of the Music Center commissioned Lipchitz. Today, no work of public art in Los Angeles is more photographed.
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