Milton Hebald | 1917-2015

Milton Hebald’s 1986 “Olympiade ‘84,” a bronze depicting three women racing in full stride, stands outside the front entrance to the Stuart Ketchum Downtown YMCA in Los Angeles. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Jan. 7, 2015 2:47 PM PT

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Milton Hebald, a sculptor who created public artwork in Los Angeles and New York, dies at 97. Hebald’s death ended nearly 90 years of art-making.

A statue of Romeo and Juliet by Milton Hebald stands outside the Delacorte Theater in New York’s Central Park, where stars perform each summer in the Shakespeare in the Park series. (Godong / Getty Images)

Milton Hebald, who spent nearly 90 years making art, is shown in 2010. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

For more than 30 years starting in 1961, Milton Hebald’s 200-foot-long “Zodiac Screen” hung against a curtain of glass at the entrance to the international terminal of the now-defunct Pan American Airlines at New York’s JFK Airport. (Pictorial Parade / Getty Images)

Milton Hebald’s “Handstand,” a statue of a boy performing that athletic move one-handed atop a narrow pedestal, is situated near the Stuart Ketchum Downtown YMCA in Los Angeles. (Ken Lubas / Los Angeles Times)

Milton Hebald, shown in 2010 at the age of 93, created sculptures as a young man under a New Deal program to employ artists. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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