Picture of viewing waterfalls in summer mountains; Palace in heaven; Four Beauties catching swimming fish, Chinatown, 1968

Loading details...

You do not have the permission to view Original image

Download

Copy Asset Link

Request this asset

Description

"Picture of viewing waterfalls in summer mountains"; Palace in heaven"; Four Beauties catching swimming fish", Chinatown, 1968. 913 North Broadway, Chinatown. "Three large tile murals executed in Hong Kong appear like hanging scrolls on the building's facade. The mural on the viewer's left, designed in the style of a Sung Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.) landscape ink drawing, is described in the Chinese inscription as "Picture of Viewing Waterfalls in Summer Mountains." The center mural, identified as "Palace in Heaven", depicts a scene about the monkey king from the long 14th century episodic tale Hsi-yu chi, The Journey to the West. The colorful mural on the viewer's right, "Four Beauties Catching Swimming Fish", is in a style from southern China." Tile murals. Anonymous. -- https://www.publicartinla.com/Downtown/Chinatown/3_murals.html.

Asset Metadata

Title Picture of viewing waterfalls in summer mountains; Palace in heaven; Four Beauties catching swimming fish, Chinatown, 1968

Subject Art, Chinese (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 913 North Broadway (roadways), California (states), Chinatown (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.064446,-118.237438 (point)

Temporal Subject 1968

Type images

Format 1 slide (extent), 2 x 2 in. (dimensions), color (color), color slides (aat), slides (photographs) (aat)

Source Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Relation References Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993 (book), Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998 (book)

Date Created 1968

Creator Anonymous (artist), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email afa@usc.edu

Repository Name USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Repository Location Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0294, USA

Rights Dunitz, Robin J.

Access Conditions 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, rjdunitz@comcast.net. 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, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/dunitz-c15-177

Identifier dunitz-0159.tif (filename), dunitz-0159 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-177 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 177

Unique identifier UC1602675

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0159

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 32.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002

Description The collection consists of more than 2,000 digitized 35mm slides of murals in Los Angeles photographed by Robin Dunitz. The murals date from 1925 to the early 2000s and were photographed by Dunitz in the late 1980s and early-mid 1990s to early 2000s.

Relation References https://libguides.usc.edu/dunitz_murals (finding aid URL)

Linked assets