Read between the lines (Cuidense Amigos), East Los Angeles, 1975

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Read between the lines (Cuidense Amigos), East Los Angeles, 1975. Sloan's Dry Cleaners, exterior, 4539 East Olympic Boulevard (mural on Ford Boulevard). A Chicano worker stands enslaved by modern technology while his family watches television, mesmerized by images of sex, violence, and patriotism. In the center, a young boy sits reading about Mexican history. Behind him the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl swoops down from the sun to encourage him. Acrylic on stucco, 10' x 20', by David Botello. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 291, #23.

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Title Read between the lines (Cuidense Amigos), East Los Angeles, 1975

Creator Botello, David (artist), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1975

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 4539 East Olympic Boulevard (roadways), California (states), East Los Angeles (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1975

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)

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-c15-1159

Identifier dunitz-1160.tif (filename), dunitz-1160 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-1159 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1159

Unique identifier UC1593068

Legacy Identifier dunitz-1160

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 12.5 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 31.8 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)

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