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
Not somewhere else, but here, Los Angeles, 1993, National Council of Jewish Women, exterior, 543 North Fairfax Avenue (at Clinton Street). The themes of community service, social action, and education are emphasized. Among the Jewish women portrayed in the mural are feminist writer Betty Friedan, playwright Lillian Hellman, artist Lee Krasner, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, NCJW founder Hannah Solomon, World War II resistance fighter Hannah Senesch, and anarchist Emma Goldman. Other personalities include Burmese political activist and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, United Farm Workers organizer Dolores Huerta, human rights activist and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, and the late U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Acrylic, 16' x 25', by Daryl Elaine Wells, assisted by Felicia Goreshter. Sponsored by Social and Public Art Resource Center. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 97, #35.
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image
Format
1 slide : col. 2 x 2 in. color slides slides (photographs)
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