Venice in snow, Venice, 1970

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Venice in snow, Venice, 1970. "Venice in the snow, or simply the Ocean Front Painting, was executed in the summer of 1970. The scene depicted is located about 1/2 mile north of the painting and is identical to the view one would see standing at that location on the Venice Boardwalk. However, there is no snow on the ground. It has never snowed in Venice. The work was commissioned by a local art patron whose only words were, 'I'd like you guys to paint a picture in the Venice area. Here's some money to do it.' Unfortunately, 'Venice in snow' became a 'victim of construction' only two years after it was created -- a tacky four unit apartment house built six inches away on the adjoining lot totally obscures the mural." Environmental Communications, unpaged, #16-18; https://www.lamurals.org/MuralistPages/LAFineArts.html.

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Title Venice in snow, Venice, 1970

Subject Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) (corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 825 1/2 Ocean Front Walk (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries), Venice (populated places)

Geocoordinate 33.990707,-118.476973 (point)

Temporal Subject 1970

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)

Date Created 1970

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Henderson, Victor (artist), Schoonhoven, Terry (artist)

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.

Identifier dunitz-1569.tif (filename), dunitz-1569 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-1568 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1568

Unique identifier UC1602913

Legacy Identifier dunitz-1569

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.5 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
31.9 cm × 46.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Venice in snow, Venice, 1970

Description Venice in snow, Venice, 1970. "Venice in the snow, or simply the Ocean Front Painting, was executed in the summer of 1970. The scene depicted is located about 1/2 mile north of the painting and is identical to the view one would see standing at that location on the Venice Boardwalk. However, there is no snow on the ground. It has never snowed in Venice. The work was commissioned by a local art patron whose only words were, 'I'd like you guys to paint a picture in the Venice area. Here's some money to do it.' Unfortunately, 'Venice in snow' became a 'victim of construction' only two years after it was created -- a tacky four unit apartment house built six inches away on the adjoining lot totally obscures the mural." Environmental Communications, unpaged, #16-18; http://www.lamurals.org/MuralistPages/LAFineArts.html.

Subject Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial 825½ Ocean Front Walk (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries), Venice (populated places)

Coverage Temporal 1970

Inherited Subject Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) (corporate name)

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)