Freeway mural, Duarte, 1971-1972

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Freeway mural, untitled, Duarte, 1971-1972. "The multi-paneled freeway mural in Duarte is the only state approved street painting to date. After the Duarte freeway was built, the employees at the Conroc Corporation directly across the street began to complain that their view of the mountains had been obscured. Talk began on the possibility of improving the view by painting something on the grey expanse of the freeway wall. In time, the idea caught on and the with approval of the state, the Conroc Corporation invited The Duarte High School Art Department to decorate the retaining wall with images of their choice. The mural began in 1971 is about 99% complete with Conroc footing the bill for the entire project." -- Environmental Communications, Street paintings of Los Angeles, unpaged, #35.

Asset Metadata

Title Freeway mural, Duarte, 1971-1972

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Duarte (populated places), Foothill Freeway (roadways), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.135607,-117.965226 (point)

Temporal Subject 1971/1972

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)

Date Created 1971/1972

Creator Duarte High School Art Department (artist), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer)

Contributor Conroc Corporation (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.

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/dunitz-c15-1586

Identifier dunitz-1587.tif (filename), dunitz-1587 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-1586 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1586

Unique identifier UC1602949

Legacy Identifier dunitz-1587

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

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