Dial 900 society, Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles, 1992, detail 1 of 3

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Detail 1 of 3 of Dial 900 society, Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles, 1992, 5010 11th Avenue (at 50th Street), by Ian White with about 10 art students of teacher Susan Curren.

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Title Dial 900 society, Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles, 1992, detail 1 of 3

Creator 10 art students of teacher Susan Curren (assistant), Crenshaw High School (artist), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), White, Ian (artist)

Contributor L.A. Cultural Affairs Department (sponsor), Museum of African American Art (sponsor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1992

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 5010 11th Avenue (roadways), California (states), Crenshaw High School (educational facilities), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1992

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)

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-0764.tif (filename), dunitz-0764 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-782 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 782

Unique identifier UC1603959

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0764

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 32.0 cm at 300dpi

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Title Dial 900 society, Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles, 1992

Description Dial 900 society, 1992, 5010 11th Avenue (at 50th Street), by Ian White with about 10 art students of teacher Susan Curren. Crenshaw High School parking lot. Play on words and satire are used to illustrate some of the contradictions and social ills of our contemporary "900 number society". In one panel the image of a homeless man on a park bench is juxtaposed with the high-priced Park Place square on a Monopoly gameboard. Acrylic, 3 panels, approximately 7.5' x 8' each. Sponsored by Museum of African Art and L.A. Cultural Affairs Department. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 220, #53.

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

Coverage Spatial 5010 11th Avenue (roadways), California (states), Crenshaw High School (educational facilities), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 33.99763, -118.329216 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1992