List of public art in Santa Monica, California
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This is a partial and outdated list of public artworks in Santa Monica, California in the United States. This list contains only 28 artworks, does not list any artworks installed after 2010, and incorrectly includes private works of art.
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Another Magical Sunset at Santa Monica Beach | Gilbert Luján | 1987 | Parking garage 3 | 34°1′1.66″N 118°29′46.35″W / 34.0171278°N 118.4962083°W | City of Santa Monica[1] | |||
Arcadia Bandini de Baker | Masahito Sanae | 1986 | Palisades Park | Bronze | Approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. 2 in. | City of Santa Monica[2] | ||
Apollo Fountain | Julia Bracken Wendt | 1924 | Rustic Canyon Recreation Center | 34°2′16.43″N 118°30′53.47″W / 34.0378972°N 118.5148528°W | Bronze | Approx. 28 1/2 x 26 x 17 in. | City of Los Angeles[3] | |
The Big Wave | Tony DeLap | 1983-1990 | Wilshire Blvd. at Franklin St. | 34°2′25.3″N 118°28′19.84″W / 34.040361°N 118.4721778°W | Steel, paint, optical fiber | Approx. 45 x 80 x 9 ft. | City of Santa Monica[4] | |
Children's Mural | Daniel Alonzo | 1978 | Marine Park Center | 34°0′21.63″N 118°27′54.52″W / 34.0060083°N 118.4651444°W | [5] | |||
Chain Reaction | Paul Conrad | 1991 | Santa Monica Civic Center | 34°0′35.16″N 118°29′24.35″W / 34.0097667°N 118.4900972°W | Copper chain link and stainless steel | Approx. H. 13 ft. x Diam. 26 ft. | City of Santa Monica[6] | |
Comedy and Tragedy: Muses | ![]() |
Olinka Hrdy | 1937 | Barnum Hall | 34°0′43.19″N 118°29′11.52″W / 34.0119972°N 118.4865333°W | Painted concrete | Santa Monica High School[7] | |
Cradle | Ball Nogues Studio | 2010 | Parking Garage 7 | Stainless steel | H 36 ft. x W 39 ft. | City of Santa Monica[8] | ||
Douglas Park Picnic Tables | Allen and Ellen Wexler | 2001 | Douglas Park, 2349 Wilshire Boulevard | 34°2′8.03″N 118°28′45.23″W / 34.0355639°N 118.4792306°W | Picnic table, benches | City of Santa Monica[9] | ||
Emergence | Ruth C. Snyder | 1990 | 2200 Main St. | 34°0′19.91″N 118°29′14.74″W / 34.0055306°N 118.4874278°W | Bronze | Approx. H. 14 ft. x Diam. 12 in. | Private collection[10] | |
Fountain Family Group | ![]() |
Richard H. Ellis | 1969 | 2600 Wilshire Blvd. | 34°2′9.57″N 118°28′37.84″W / 34.0359917°N 118.4771778°W | Bronze | Approx. H. 6 ft. | [11] |
Garage Your Desires | Peter Shire | 2003 | Parking structure #9, 1136 Fourth Street | City of Santa Monica[12] | ||||
Gestation III | Baile Oakes | 1990 | Palisades Park | Wood | Approx. 10 ft. 7 in. x 11 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. | City of Santa Monica[13][14] | ||
History of the Pico Neighborhood | Ann Elizabeth Thiermann | 1983 | Stewart Street at Virginia Avenue | City of Santa Monica[15] | ||||
(Interlocking Sculpture) | Eino | Priate residence | Colorado marble | Approx. 32 x 36 x 18 in. | [16] | |||
Intersection | Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison | 1993 | Shutters on the Beach Hotel | 34°0′23.8″N 118°29′30.01″W / 34.006611°N 118.4916694°W | Concrete, plants and sand | City of Santa Monica[17] | ||
Irene Dunne | Artis Lane | St. John's Health Center | Bronze | Approx. 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft. | St. John's Hospital and Health Center Foundation[18] | |||
Ocean Park Historical Postcards | Art Mortimer | 1980 | Joslyn Park, Kensington Street at Beverly Avenue | [19] | ||||
Ocean Park Segue | Joyce Kohl | 1988 | Ocean Park Beach | Concrete | [20] | |||
Oneness | ![]() |
Eino | ca. 1964-1966 | Mary Hotchkiss Park | 34°0′21.03″N 118°29′3.34″W / 34.0058417°N 118.4842611°W | Italian Golden Panaccio marble | 8 x 3 x 3 ft. | [21] |
Totem Pole | Unknown | 1925 | Palisades Park | Painted wood | Approx. H. 17 1/2 ft. x W. 2 ft. | City of Santa Monica[22] | ||
Santa Monica | Eugene Morahan | 1934 | Palisades Park | White cement coated with a white silicate sand washed with acid | Approx. H. 10 ft. | [23] | ||
Santa Monica: Walk on L.A. | Carl Cheng | 1988 | Santa Monica State Beach | Cast concrete and steel | Approx. W. 12 ft. x Diam. 9 ft. | City of Santa Monica[24] | ||
Unbridled | David Gordon | 1985 | Ocean Park Boulevard at Fourth Street | 34°0′13.58″N 118°28′53.46″W / 34.0037722°N 118.4815167°W | City of Santa Monica[25] | |||
Untitled | Eric Orr | 1989 or 1990 | 11900 Olympic | 34°1′56.7″N 118°27′8.72″W / 34.032417°N 118.4524222°W | Black Andes granite | Each slab: approx. 12 ft. x 36 in. x 8 in. | [26] | |
Untitled (Homage to Jack Kerouac) | Mauro Staccioli | 1990 | Pico Boulevard, Neilson Way & Ocean Ave. | 34°0′25.57″N 118°29′24.47″W / 34.0071028°N 118.4901306°W | Painted concrete and wood | 2 pieces. Each: approx. 10 x 25 x 2 ft. | City of Santa Monica[27] | |
Wave and Shell Obelisks | Michele Oka Doner | 1992 | Beach boardwalk, Ocean Park Boulevard at Barnard Way | 34°0′3.08″N 118°29′9.6″W / 34.0008556°N 118.486000°W | Accreted minerals from seawater over copper | 2 obelisks. Each: approx. H. 13 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 9 in. | City of Santa Monica[28] | |
Whale of a Mural | Daniel Alonzo | 1983 | Ocean Park Boulevard at Fourth Street | 34°0′13.58″N 118°28′53.46″W / 34.0037722°N 118.4815167°W | City of Santa Monica[29] | |||
In the image | Ed Massey | 2019 | Wishire Boulevard 26th | Concrete | 7 ft | Private Collection [1] |
References
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Another Magical Sunset at Santa Monica Beach". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Sanae, Masahito (1986). "Arcadia Bandini de Baker". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Wendt, Julia M. Bracken (1924). "Apollo Fountain". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ DeLap, Tony; Warren, Williston (1983). "The Big Wave". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Alonzo, Daniel. "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Children's Mural". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Conrad, Paul (1991). "Chain Reaction". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Hrdy, Olinka; Buchanan, Ella; de Vriendt, Stefan (1937). "Comedy and Tragedy: Muses". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Ball Nogues Studio, Cradle (2010)". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Douglas Park Picnic Tables". City of Santa Monica. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Snyder, Ruth C. (2001). "Emergence". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Ellis, Richard H. (1969). "Fountain Family Group". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Garage Your Desires". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Oakes, Baile (1990). "Gestation III". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Artist Baile Oakes and city staff to launch restoration effort for 26 year old wood sculpture, Gestation III, in Palisades Park". Welcome to Friends of Palisades Park. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - History of the Pico Neighborhood". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Eino (1968). "Interlocking Sculpture". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Harrison, Helen; Harrison, Newton (1993). "Intersection". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Lane, Artis. "Irene Dunne". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Ocean Park Historical Postcards". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Ocean Park Segue". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Eino (1964). "Oneness". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Totem Pole". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. 1925. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Morahan, Eugene (1934). "Santa Monica". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Cheng, Carl (1988). "Santa Monica Art Tool: Walk on L.A". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Unbridled(2)". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Orr, Eric (1989). "Untitled". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ Staccioli, Mauro (1990). "Untitled". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Doner, Michele Oka (1992). "Wave and Shell Obelisks". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Whale of a Mural". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 4 October 2017.