and the San Francisco Museum of Art (Several).
Graham has a number of public art works on display in Los Angeles today. In 1996, a newly constructed space adjacent to Rolfe Hall on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles contained several pieces by Graham. The courtyard was built with the support and patronage of Roy and Carol Doumani, two collectors with a particularly strong affinity for the works of Graham. Most of the Graham works from the Doumani collection are classical bronze creations of idealized and non idealized women, each expressing an inner strength and individuality. Edward Lucie Smith has made the comment that Graham's images of women evoke "an analytic response" and "an intellectual statement." Among those at UCLA is "Dance Columns I and II" located in the Murphy Sculpture Garden, gifts from the Doumanis from 1978. Now there are eleven Graham works standing in the new space.
"Dance Columns I and II" are reminiscent of two female guardians at the steps of an ancient temple and also represent women contemplating their unique femininity and their unique existence in delicate balancing acts of motion. The columns have multiple reliefs which suggest that ideal. In the new courtyard can be found the highly naturalistic "Olympic Torso - Female" (1983), and here "the slightly bent leg and the outstretched, sinewy hand suggest a woman expecting recognition" (Mladenovic). "Fountain Figures I and III" (1983) serve as statements of female victory. In the first of these, a woman rises out of the firm cylindrical base and hour glass pedestal, which serves as an extension of her contour. She has a straightforward gaze and clasped hands behind her back, a confirmation of her strength. The second figure affirms female inner strength with her triumphant handstand on a solid rectangular base.
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