Bell Communications Around the Globe

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Bell Communications Around the Globe
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The artwork in 2022
Bell Communications Around the Globe
Artist Anthony Heinsbergen
Year1961 (1961)
LocationLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates 34°03′03″N118°15′11″W / 34.0509°N 118.2531°W / 34.0509; -118.2531

Bell Communications Around the Globe is a 1961 sculptural relief by Anthony Heinsbergen, installed on the west side of an AT&T switching center at 420 South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [3] According to the Los Angeles Times , the mural depicts the "globe linked by undersea telephone cables and satellite relays that ricochet off a fey male nude". The map shows North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. [4]

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  1. ↑ "The NSA's Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities". The Intercept. June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  2. ↑ "PUBLIC ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - Bell Communications... (1961) by Anthony B. Heinsbergen". www.publicartinpublicplaces.info. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Bad Art Walking Tour of Downtown (Part 2)". Transiting Los Angeles. September 7, 2021. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Four blocks along Grand Avenue offer a sketch of shifting ideas in public art". Los Angeles Times . May 22, 2019. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2024.


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