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
The freeway lady, Los Angeles, 1974, Prince Hotel, exterior, 1255 West Temple Street (visible from the Hollywood Freeway), Los Angeles/Echo Park. An elderly woman standing with a granny-squared afghan wrapped around her. The model was Lillian Bronson, a character actress who resembled two of the artist's great-grandmothers. In 1981 a new structure built next door to the hotel obscured the mural's bottom half. In 1986 the mural was painted over, without informing the artist, in order to sell the place for advertising. Citing the California Art Preservation Act (passed in 1980), Twitchell sued the building's owner. In March, 1992, a settlement was reached, providing $125,000 for restoration of the mural. The re-born version includes a three-dimensional fiberglass extension of the afghan over the roof, as well as an added segment on the adjoining wall down to the ground. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 100, #4.
Type
image
Format
2 slides : col. 2 x 2 in. color slides slides (photographs)
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