The great wall of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1976-1983,detail 1 of 7

Loading details...

You do not have the permission to view Original image

Download

Copy Asset Link

Request this asset

Description

The great wall of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1976-1983. Tujunga Wash drainage canal, Coldwater Canyon Avenue (between Burbank Boulevard and Oxnard Street), Van Nuys/North Hollywood border. A. 1976. Supervising artists: Judith Baca, Charles Brown, Isabel Castro, Donna Deitch, Judithe Hernandez, Ulysses Jenkins, Luis Lopez, Kristina Lucas, Olga Muniz, Bernardo Muniz, Arnold Ramirez, Christina Schlesinger, Gary Tokumoto, Linda Eber. Plus 59 "mural makers." 9 panels: 20,000 B.C., pre-historical California; 1000 A.D., Early California; 1522, Spanish arrival; 1822, Mexican rule; 1848, Bandaide; 1868, Sojourners; 1880, Frontier California; 1890, Los Angeles mountains to the shore; 1900, Immigrant California. Co-sponsored by CMP, SPARC, and Project Heavy-San Fernando Valley. B. 1978. Supervising artists: Diane Ferrari, Leo Jauregui, Andrew Manning, Bea Plessner. Plus 34 "mural makers." Four panels: William Hart; Tomas Alva Edison; Charlie Chaplin, World War I doughboys. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, director. C. 1980. Artist supervisors: Carlos Calleja, Yreina Cervantez, Jan Cook, Fernando Jauregui, Jr., Alfredo Lascano, Jane Van Loon, Nancy Perez, Bea Plessner, Julie Ruelas, Rodney Saksi. Seven panels: Japanese internment, Dustbowl refugees; 350,000 Mexican Americans deported; Unsigned Indian Treaties; Strikes; Crash and depression; Illusion of prosperity. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. D. 1981. Artist supervisors: Jan Cook, Teresa Chacon, Karen Guyot, Alfredo Lascano, Pat Millar, Bea Plessner, Julie Ruelas. Plus 32 "mural makers." 9 panels: Jewish refugees; Luisa Moreno: Zoot Suit riots L.A. 1943; David Gonzalez Pacoima CA.; Dr. Charles Drew; World War II; California aqueduct; Jewish Americans; 442nd Japanese Americans. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. E. 1983. Artist supervisors: Eric Alcarez, Eva Cockroft, Mary-Linn Hughes, Patssi Valdez, Matthew Wuerker. Plus 30 "mural makers." 11 panels: Olympic champions breaking barriers 1948-1964; Asians gain citizenship and prosperity; Indian assimilation; Jewish arts and sciences; The origins of gay rights; Forebearers of civil rights; The birth of Rock and Roll; Division of the barrios and Chavez Ravine; The red scare of McCarthyism; Development of suburbia; Farewellt to Rosie the riveter. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 140, #26.

Asset Metadata

Title The great wall of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1976-1983,detail 1 of 7

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Coldwater Canyon Avenue (between Burbank Boulevard and Oxnard Street) (roadways), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries), Van Nuys/North Hollywood border (populated places)

Geocoordinate 34.179714,-118.431587 (point)

Temporal Subject 1976/1983

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 1976/1983

Creator Baca, Judith (artist), Brown, Charles (artist), Callejo, Carlos (artist), Castro, Isabel (artist), Cervantez, Yreina (artist), Chacon, Teresa (artist), Cockroft, Eva (artist), Cook, Jan (artist), Deitch, Donna (artist), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Eber, Linda (artist), Ferrari, Diane (artist), Guyot, Karen (artist), Hernandez (artist), Hughes, Mary-Linn (artist), Jauregui, Fernando Jr. (artist), Jauregui, Leo (artist), Jenkins, Ulysses (artist), Judithe (artist), Lascano, Alfredo (artist), Lopez (artist), Lucas, Kristina (artist), Luis (artist), Manning, Andrew (artist), Millar, Pat (artist), Munis, Olga (artist), Muniz, Bernardo (artist), Perez, Nancy (artist), Plessner, Bea (artist), Ramirez, Arnold (artist), Ruelas, Julie (artist), Sakai, Rodney (artist), Schlessinger, Christina (artist), Tokumoto, Gary (artist), Valdez, Patssi (artist), Van Loon, Jane (artist), Wuerker, Matthew (artist)

Contributor CMP (sponsor), Project Heavy-San Fernando Valley (sponsor), Social and Public Arts Resource Center (Venice, Los Angeles, Calif.) (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.

Copyright In copyright (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/)

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-0527.tif (filename), dunitz-0527 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-545 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 545

Unique identifier UC1603529

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0527

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 32.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title The great wall of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1976-1983

Description The great wall of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1976-1983. Tujunga Wash drainage canal, Coldwater Canyon Avenue (between Burbank Boulevard and Oxnard Street), Van Nuys/North Hollywood border. A. 1976. Supervising artists: Judith Baca, Charles Brown, Isabel Castro, Donna Deitch, Judithe Hernandez, Ulysses Jenkins, Luis Lopez, Kristina Lucas, Olga Muniz, Bernardo Muniz, Arnold Ramirez, Christina Schlesinger, Gary Tokumoto, Linda Eber. Plus 59 "mural makers." 9 panels: 20,000 B.C., pre-historical California; 1000 A.D., Early California; 1522, Spanish arrival; 1822, Mexican rule; 1848, Bandaide; 1868, Sojourners; 1880, Frontier California; 1890, Los Angeles mountains to the shore; 1900, Immigrant California. Co-sponsored by CMP, SPARC, and Project Heavy-San Fernando Valley. B. 1978. Supervising artists: Diane Ferrari, Leo Jauregui, Andrew Manning, Bea Plessner. Plus 34 "mural makers." Four panels: William Hart; Tomas Alva Edison; Charlie Chaplin, World War I doughboys. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, director. C. 1980. Artist supervisors: Carlos Calleja, Yreina Cervantez, Jan Cook, Fernando Jauregui, Jr., Alfredo Lascano, Jane Van Loon, Nancy Perez, Bea Plessner, Julie Ruelas, Rodney Saksi. Seven panels: Japanese internment, Dustbowl refugees; 350,000 Mexican Americans deported; Unsigned Indian Treaties; Strikes; Crash and depression; Illusion of prosperity. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. D. 1981. Artist supervisors: Jan Cook, Teresa Chacon, Karen Guyot, Alfredo Lascano, Pat Millar, Bea Plessner, Julie Ruelas. Plus 32 "mural makers." 9 panels: Jewish refugees; Luisa Moreno: Zoot Suit riots L.A. 1943; David Gonzalez Pacoima CA.; Dr. Charles Drew; World War II; California aqueduct; Jewish Americans; 442nd Japanese Americans. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. E. 1983. Artist supervisors: Eric Alcarez, Eva Cockroft, Mary-Linn Hughes, Patssi Valdez, Matthew Wuerker. Plus 30 "mural makers." 11 panels: Olympic champions breaking barriers 1948-1964; Asians gain citizenship and prosperity; Indian assimilation; Jewish arts and sciences; The origins of gay rights; Forebearers of civil rights; The birth of Rock and Roll; Division of the barrios and Chavez Ravine; The red scare of McCarthyism; Development of suburbia; Farewellt to Rosie the riveter. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 140, #26.

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

Coverage Spatial California (states), Coldwater Canyon Avenue (between Burbank Boulevard and Oxnard Street) (roadways), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries), Van Nuys/North Hollywood border (populated places)

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

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)

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.

Date Created 1976/1983