Milton Hebald | 1917-2015

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)