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1986

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1993

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Drawing, Proposal for Pershing Squ

This is a Drawing. It was created by James Wines and architect: James Wines. It is dated 1986 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on beige paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

22.9 x 58.9 cm (9 x 23 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower right: SITE J.W. 1986

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, top: Selections of Los Angeles Theme Modules for the Plaza; (from left to right) Desert Plants; Glass Enclosed Terrarium; Archeological Excavation with Partially Buried Equestrian of Pershing; Bench; Classical Fountain; Beachfront Fragments; Adobe Fragments;Tropical Plants; Grape Arbor; Japanese Garden; Partially Buried ConvertiblePlanter; Auto-Archeology; Spanish Archeology; Flower Garden; Palm Grove; lower left: Pershing Square paving modules

Cite this object as

Drawing, Proposal for Pershing Squ; Architect: James Wines (American, b. 1932); USA; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on beige paper; 22.9 x 58.9 cm (9 x 23 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt; 1993-115-3

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