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-0374.tif (filename), dunitz-0374 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-392 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 392

Unique identifier UC1603344

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0374

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.7 in × 18.8 in at 300dpi
32.4 cm × 47.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Hollywood jazz, 1945-1972, Hollywood, 1990

Description Hollywood jazz, 1945-1972, Los Angeles, 1990, Capitol Records, exterior, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood. From left to right: Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie (Bird) Parker, Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Shelly Manne, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, and Duke Ellington. Acrylic on concrete, 26' x 88', by Richard Wyatt. Sponsored by LA Jazz Society and LACAD. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 90, #27. It was restored in 2013 with funding from Capital Records. "Wyatt set about restoring the mural in November 2012" after the mural faded to the point that "he could see the original outline marks that he painted to guide him"; "for the restoration, it has been re-created from photos of the original, this time fired onto 12-inch-square ceramic tiles for longer life: 2,288 of them, to be precise" according to Wyatt -- "Hollywood Jazz" mural lives on more brightly" , Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2013 at http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-hollywood-jazz-mural-20130219,0,1467048.story

Subject Baker, Chet (personal name), Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (personal name), Davis, Miles (personal name), Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (personal name), Fitzgerald, Ella (personal name), Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993, Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (personal name), Jazz singers (lcsh), Manne, Shelly (personal name), Mulligan, Gerry (personal name), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (personal name), Puente, Tito, 1923-2000 (personal name), Street art (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial 1750 North Vine Street (roadways), California (states), Hollywood (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1945/1972