Por que and Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987, Por que [a]

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Por que [a] of Por que and Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987. Fairmont [sic] Street and Fickett Street, exterior, Boyle Heights. In the mural on Fairmount (Por Que), the Virgin is overseeing a Latino youth dying from street violence in the arms of two friends as the grim reaper stands at his feet specter-like. In the all-brown Roots on Fickett Street, the trunk of the three is composed of figures and faces representing aspects of Chicano history. Acrylic, by Daniel Martinez. Sponsored by Community Youth Gang Services. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 306, #51.

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Title Por que and Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987, Por que [a]

Subject Gangs (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Youth and violence (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Boyle Heights (populated places), California (states), East Fairmount Street at North Fickett Street (roadways), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1987

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 1987

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Martinez, Daniel (artist)

Contributor Community Youth Gang Services (sponsor)

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-1317.tif (filename), dunitz-1317 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-1316 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1316

Unique identifier UC1593404

Legacy Identifier dunitz-1317

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 32.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Por que and Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987

Description Por que and Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987. Fairmont [sic] Street and Fickett Street, exterior, Boyle Heights. In the mural on Fairmount (Por Que), the Virgin is overseeing a Latino youth dying from street violence in the arms of two friends as the grim reaper stands at his feet specter-like. In the all-brown Roots on Fickett Street, the trunk of the three is composed of figures and faces representing aspects of Chicano history. Acrylic, by Daniel Martinez. Sponsored by Community Youth Gang Services. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 306, #51.

Subject Gangs (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Youth and violence (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial Boyle Heights (populated places), California (states), East Fairmount Street at North Fickett Street (roadways), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1987

Inherited Subject Gangs (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Youth and violence (lcsh)