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. For an appointment, contact the Library at (213) 740-1956. 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, 503-764-9897, rjdunitz@comcast.net USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0294 afa@usc.edu
Description
Education suite, arte, ciencia y filosofia, Monterey Park, 1981. Bailey Library, interior stairwell, East Los Angeles College, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park. The left wall is Art, featuring playwright Luis Valdez, actor Edward James Olmos, Picasso, and the cave paintings at Lascaux, France. The middle wall is Science, with primatologist Jane Goodall signing to a chimp, an underwater city of the future, and the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The right wall is Philosophy. Martin Luther King, Jr. is conversing with Pancho Villa on violent versus non-violent revolutionary strategies. There are portraits of the figures most associated with the great religions: Jesus, Budha, Mohammad. Beatle John Lennon and assasinated president John F. Kennedy are also there, along with imagery from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, a classic tale of logic. Acrylic, 24' x 61', by East Los Streetscapers (David Botello, Wayne Healy, George Yepes), assisted by David Morin. Sponsored by Los Angeles Community Colleges. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 304, #42.
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image
Format
3 slides : col. 2 x 2 in. color slides slides (photographs)
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