Urban Light

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Urban Light

United States, California, Los Angeles County, 2008
Sculpture
(Two-hundred and two) restored cast iron antique street lamps
320 1/2 x 686 1/2 x 704 1/2 in. (814.07 x 1743.71 x 1789.43 cm)
The Gordon Family Foundation's gift to "Transformation: The LACMA Campaign" (M.2007.147.1-.202)
Contemporary Art
Currently on public view:
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Bibliography

  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Cotton, Charlotte. Celebrating Urban Light. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2009.
  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Cotton, Charlotte. Celebrating Urban Light. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2009.
  • Thomason, Barbara A. 100 Not So Famous Views of L.A. Pasadena: Prospect Park Books, 2014.
  • Govan, Michael. A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum. Madrid: Ivorypress, 2014. 
  • Muchnic, Suzanne. LACMA So Far: Portrait of a Museum in the Making. San Marino, California: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2015.
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