Chris Hendricks said: November 11, 2008 5:46 pm PST
FYI concerning the comment preceding this one [from Constance]. I asked JB's wife to confirm that the bas relief in the URL listed was JB's work. Here is her response:
This is not JB's work, and I'm not sure whose it is. The building is part of the LA Music Center complex, which was designed by an architect named Beckett. JB did, however, design and execute a few cast concrete architectural sculpture murals (one for the California Teachers' Association building in LA and two or three others for private residences in LA). I believe he was also the first artist to use Styrofoam as a medium for making sculpture moulds (which he carved by hand with knives) for casting metal and/or concrete artwork, instead of using the more traditional "lost wax" casting mould method. The person who did the Music Center mural apparently learned/adopted JB's method for creating individual and architectural pieces. JB never gave a thought to "IP" (intellectual/artistic property rights). I think he always felt complimented if another artist learned/used a method/technique he developed. Se la vive! Sue