Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
Artist:
Emil Seletz
Title:
Lincoln
Date:
1958
District:
First Supervisorial District
Location:
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Department:
Internal Services Department
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Emil Seletz’s bronze bust of Lincoln currently resides in the second-floor lobby of the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration facing the Civic Center Mall. Originally, it was located in the County’s Courthouse. Due to a perceived conflict between Seletz’s role as a frequent court witness and his prominently situated statue, the Board of Supervisors decided that the bust of Lincoln should be removed from the Courthouse and re-located to the Hall of Administration. The bust depicts Lincoln in the period before he became president.
About the Artist: Emil Seletz was a Los Angeles neurosurgeon who also worked as a sculptor. He completed a number of busts in his lifetime, mostly of noted physicians.