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Title |
Freeway mural, Duarte, 1971-1972 |
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Description |
Freeway mural, untitled, Duarte, 1971-1972. "The multi-paneled freeway mural in Duarte is the only state approved street painting to date. After the Duarte freeway was built, the employees at the Conroc Corporation directly across the street began to complain that their view of the mountains had been obscured. Talk began on the possibility of improving the view by painting something on the grey expanse of the freeway wall. In time, the idea caught on and the with approval of the state, the Conroc Corporation invited The Duarte High School Art Department to decorate the retaining wall with images of their choice. The mural began in 1971 is about 99% complete with Conroc footing the bill for the entire project." -- Environmental Communications, Street paintings of Los Angeles, unpaged, #35. |
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Subject (topic) |
Street art
Mural painting and decoration |
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Geographic subject (street address) |
Foothill Freeway |
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Geographic subject (city or populated place) |
Duarte |
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Geographic subject (county) |
Los Angeles |
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Geographic subject (state/province) |
California |
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Geographic subject (country) |
USA |
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Geographic coordinates |
34.135607,-117.965226 |
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Coverage date (for display) |
1971-1972 |
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Artist |
Duarte High School Art Department |
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Photographer |
Dunitz, Robin J. |
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Other contributor |
Conroc Corporation |
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Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
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Date created (for display) |
1971-1972 |
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Type |
images |
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Format |
1 slide : col. ; 2 x 2 in. |
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Format (aat) |
color slides
slides (photographs) |
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Contributing entity |
University of Southern California |
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Identifying number |
dunitz-1587 |
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References |
Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993; Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998; |
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Rights |
The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, 503-577-3842, rjdunitz@comcast.net |
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Physical access |
The files represent Ms. Dunitz' personal collection of materials collected over the years of her involvement in documenting and preserving Los Angeles murals. They are available for consultation in the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California. For an appointment, contact the Library at (213) 740-1956. |
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Repository name |
USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library |
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Repository address |
Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0294 |
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Repository email |
afa@usc.edu |
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Filename |
dunitz-1587.tif |
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Part of collection |
Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 |
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Archival file |
dunitz-21/dunitz-1587.tif |
