Sunday, October 14, 2007 – Sunset Sculpture

You don't often think of the Sunset Strip as a place to find Greco-Roman sculpture, but you'd be surprised at what you'd find at the corner of Sunset and Harper, a few steps from Bette Davis' old penthouse apartment.

The nature of the business at the corner of Sunset and Harper –

But the Gucci billboard across the street echoes the "classical" theme – Vesuvius under the famous Chateau Marmont. That's appropriate – the place is notorious.

On January 23, 2004, fashion photographer Helmut Newton died when his car crashed into a wall on the driveway of the Chateau Marmont, rolled across Sunset and came to rest under these very sculptures at Hollywood Hounds, a "doggie day spa" occupying the former home of Jay Ward Productions.  Oh, the indignity! Helmut Newton's ashes are buried next to Marlene Dietrich at the Städtischen Friedhof III in Berlin.  Rocky and Bullwinkle stayed here.

Above Rocky and Bullwinkle, eyes on it all –

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Alan M. Pavlik