Design Center South 23811 Aliso Creek Road Laguna Niguel California 92656
Date:
Dedicated early 1980's
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
Image on file.
"Waterfalls"/by/Richard H. Ellis/Richard H. Ellis - Sculptor/South Pasadena, California unsigned
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Summary:
Two tall free-standing walls with cast cement high-relief panels on each side. One panel features a mermaid with long, flowing hair. Standing on her tail is a small nude boy with raised arms. Standing behind her tail, leaning on it and gazing up, is a young girl with long hair pulled back. The mermaid is playing a lyre. A second panel features a figure group of a nude male and nude boy. The young boy sits to the proper right of the man. The boy is shown in proper right profile, resting his elbows on his upraised knees. The man stands beside the boy, in front of a group of trees, gazing upward. On the back of one panel is a full-length nude male figure and on the back of the other panel is a full-length nude female figure. Her arms are raised high overhead and her gaze is directed down. Water cascades from the top of each wall, and down over the front of the panels.
