Detail 2 of 2, Mother Watts, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, 1988

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Detail 2 of 2 of Mother Watts, 1988, Watts Towers Art Center, exterior; 1727 East 107th Street (between Willowbrook Avenue and Alameda Street) showing Anthony Cox, the artist, standing in front of the mural. He and four young people painted this mural without a pre-drawn design. Their inspiration was all around them -- from the houses across the street to the tires discharged along the nearby train tracks to the helicopters that frequently buzz overhead. Eacj color was applied in layers, somewhat like animation cells are drawn. By Anthony Cox and local youth -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 234, #21.

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Title Detail 2 of 2, Mother Watts, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, 1988

Subject Cox, Anthony (personal name), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1727 East 107th Street (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries), Watts (populated places), Watts Tower Art Center (museum buildings)

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 1988

Creator Cox, Anthony (artist), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Local youth (assistant)

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-0847.tif (filename), dunitz-0847 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-865 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 865

Unique identifier UC1591921

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0847

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.6 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
32.2 cm × 47.2 cm at 300dpi

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Title Mother Watts, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, 1988

Description Mother Watts, 1988, Watts Towers Art Center, exterior; 1727 East 107th Street (between Willowbrook Avenue and Alameda Street). A. Cox and four young people painted this mural without a pre-drawn design. Their inspiration was all around them, from the houses across the street to the tires discharged along the nearby train tracks to the helicopters that frequently buzz overhead. Each color was applied in layers, somewhat like animation cells are drawn. By Anthony Cox and local youth -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 234, #21.

Subject Cox, Anthony (personal name), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh), Watts Tower Art Center (corporate name)