1964 - 1965 Wilshire Metropolitan Medical Center Plaza, Los Angeles, California

Monumental, freestanding, three-dimensional sculpture, Universal Vertebrae™ (12 feet by 16 feet by 10 feet / 3,66 by 4,88 by 3,05 meters) located

Architects: Albert C. Martin & Associates, AIA, Los Angeles, California

Structural Engineers: G.F.D.S., San Francisco, California

The Universal Vertebrae was originally commissioned as part of the Wilshire Good Samaritan Hospital in Downtown, Los Angeles in 1965. In the 90’s the public sculpture was removed to multi-family housing apartments.

Presently, the sculpture is seeking a new permanent relocation in Downtown Los Angeles and is a Los Angeles Historic Public Artwork.

Circa 1964 by Jacques Overhoff. For details to purchase a limited edition case bronze of the Universal Vertebrae, please see the Artworks page.

Mr. Overhoff standing with his original pioneering concrete mould specific for the Universal Vertebrae poured in place concrete monumental artwork.