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Object Description
| Title | The freeway lady, Los Angeles, 1974 |
| Description | The freeway lady, Los Angeles, 1974, Prince Hotel, exterior, 1255 West Temple Street (visible from the Hollywood Freeway), Los Angeles/Echo Park. An elderly woman standing with a granny-squared afghan wrapped around her. The model was Lillian Bronson, a character actress who resembled two of the artist's great-grandmothers. In 1981 a new structure built next door to the hotel obscured the mural's bottom half. In 1986 the mural was painted over, without informing the artist, in order to sell the place for advertising. Citing the California Art Preservation Act (passed in 1980), Twitchell sued the building's owner. In March, 1992, a settlement was reached, providing $125,000 for restoration of the mural. The re-born version includes a three-dimensional fiberglass extension of the afghan over the roof, as well as an added segment on the adjoining wall down to the ground. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 100, #4. |
| Subject (topic) |
Street art Mural painting and decoration Older women |
| Geographic subject (street address) | 1255 West Temple Street |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state/province) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic subject (other) | Echo Park |
| Geographic coordinates | 34.066365,-118.254046 |
| Coverage date (for display) | 1974 |
| Artist | Twitchell, Kent |
| Photographer | Dunitz, Robin J. |
| Other contributor | Los Angeles County (Calif.); National Endowment for the Arts |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created (for display) | 1974 |
| Type | images |
| Format | 2 slides : col. ; 2 x 2 in. |
| Format (aat) |
color slides slides (photographs) |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Identifying number | dunitz-0239; dunitz-0240 |
| 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; |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Repository name | USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library |
| Repository address | Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0294 |
| Repository email | afa@usc.edu |
| Filename | dunitz-0239.tif; dunitz-0240.tif |
| Part of collection | Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 |
Description
| Title | The freeway lady, Los Angeles, 1974, detail |
| Description | The freeway lady, Los Angeles, 1974, Prince Hotel, exterior, 1255 West Temple Street (visible from the Hollywood Freeway), Los Angeles/Echo Park. An elderly woman standing with a granny-squared afghan wrapped around her. The model was Lillian Bronson, a character actress who resembled two of the artist's great-grandmothers. In 1981 a new structure built next door to the hotel obscured the mural's bottom half. In 1986 the mural was painted over, without informing the artist, in order to sell the place for advertising. Citing the California Art Preservation Act (passed in 1980), Twitchell sued the building's owner. In March, 1992, a settlement was reached, providing $125,000 for restoration of the mural. The re-born version includes a three-dimensional fiberglass extension of the afghan over the roof, as well as an added segment on the adjoining wall down to the ground. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 100, #4. |
| Subject (topic) |
Street art Mural painting and decoration Older women |
| Geographic subject (street address) | 1255 West Temple Street |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state/province) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic subject (other) | Echo Park |
| Geographic coordinates | 34.066365,-118.254046&spn=0.012194,0.024784&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.435825,101.513672 |
| Coverage date (for display) | 1974 |
| Artist | Twitchell, Kent |
| Photographer | Dunitz, Robin J. |
| Other contributor | Los Angeles County (Calif.); National Endowment for the Arts |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created (for display) | 1974 |
| Type | images |
| Format | 1 slide : col. ; 2 x 2 in. |
| Format (aat) |
color slides slides (photographs) |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Identifying number | dunitz-0239 |
| 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 |
| Filename | dunitz-0239.tif |
| Archival file | dunitz-3/dunitz-0239.tif |
