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.

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Unique identifier UC1602910

Legacy Identifier dunitz-1556

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Resolution 18.4 in × 12.5 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 31.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Beverly Hills Siddhartha, Los Angeles, 1969-1970

Description Beverly Hills Siddhartha, Los Angeles, 1969-1970. Climax Nightclub, 333 South La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles. "The Beverly Hills Siddhartha, the second painting by the Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad, was a work of technical and conceptual brilliance which actually succeeded in the visual obliteration of the Climax Club's bizarre structure. Executed in hyper-realistic billboard style, it depicted the symbolic spiritual development of a young man of wealth through the material world to a point where he sits in a wide desert finally at peace with himself. The work covered 9,000 square feet of curving wallspace [sic], and took one year (1969-1970), $15,000 and 200 gallons of paint, to complete. Long before it was finished, the mural began inviting the attention of passersby and drawing praise from the local art world." -- Environmental Communications, Street paintings of Los Angeles, unpaged, #3-15; http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOBOX1=mural&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP1=exact&CISOROOT=all&n=25,5,5,5,5&CISOSORT=title%7Cf&CISOSTART=1,41; http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2012/03/oskos-on-la-cienega.html.

Subject Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Spriritual life (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Youth (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), South La Cienega Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard (roadways), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.071333,-118.376433 (point)

Inherited Subject Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Spriritual life (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Youth (lcsh)

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)

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.

Date Created 1969/1970

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), LA Fine Arts Squad (artist)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)