Chinese celestial dragon, Los Angeles, 1941

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Chinese celestial dragon, 1941, United Savings Bank, exterior rear (originally a restaurant), 951 Broadway (between College and Bernard), Chinatown. In traditional Chinese culture seeing a dragon is a blessing. Here he is chasing a fireball, which represents the raw power and energy of the universe. Nova color acrylic (restorations), 12' x 12'. By Tyrus Wong. Restored in the 1970s and again in 1984 by Fu-Ding Cheng. Sponsored by Mr. Hong (building owner) -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 33, #22.

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Title Chinese celestial dragon, Los Angeles, 1941

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 951 Broadway (roadways), California (states), Chinatown (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), United Savings Bank (commercial sites), USA (countries)

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 1941

Creator Cheng, Fu-Ding (assistant), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Wong, Tyrus (artist)

Contributor Hong, Mr. (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-c15-73

Identifier dunitz-0055.tif (filename), dunitz-0055 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-73 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 73

Unique identifier UC1604012

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0055

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.6 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
32.2 cm × 47.5 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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