Subject: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Statues / Subject: Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: ANSWER: Surely you recognized the statue, in studied stride, of Beethoven that stands in Pershing Square. The statue faces the intersection of 5th and Olive Sts., being out in this new position after having been stored during the excavation for the parking garage beneath the park
Date:: November 21, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A very similar photograph of the dedication of Arnold Foerster's Beethoven sculpture appears with the article, "Orchestra's Testimonial for Founder Dedicated: HIGH TRIBUTES PAID CLARK Beethoven Statue Unveiling Marked by Plaudits for Sponsor of Philharmonic Orchestra," Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 1932: A2
Date:: [circa October 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Austrian conductor, Otto Klemperer, often considered one of the five greatest living orchestra conductors of the time, laying a laurel wreath at the base of the statue of Beethoven located at Pershing Square. He inaugurated his 1933 season at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra the following day with Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony."
Date:: Oct 17, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of the statue of Ludwig van Beethoven in Pershing Square. The work is signed by the sculptor, by Arnold Foerster, on the lower right corner of the granite base. The inscription on the base reads: "Beethoven. Dedicated to William Andrews Clark, Jr., Founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra."
Date:: [October 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of the statue of Ludwig van Beethoven in Pershing Square before it was unveiled. The work is by the sculptor, by Arnold Foerster. The inscription on the base reads: "Beethoven. Dedicated to William Andrews Clark, Jr., Founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra."
Date:: October 14, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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