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Title
Artist Dorothy Jeakins sketching a portrait of artist Will James Los Angeles, 1934-1939
Date Created and/or Issued
March 29, 1933
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Related to the article, "Cowboy Artist Gives Talk: Will James Visits Otis Art Institute," 30 Mar. 1933: A2.
Photograph of Dorothy Jeakins, Otis Art Institute student, seated and working on a portrait of Will James, visiting artist.
Will James (born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault) was an artist and writer of the American West. He is known for writing Smoky the Cowhorse, for which he won the 1927 Newbery Medal.
Handwritten on negative: Dorothy Jeakins & Will James
Text from negative sleeve: Jeakins, Dorothy Artist, 1938. Handwritten: Jeakins former Otis student [negative misfiled in sleeve 5199-5200; should be in sleeve with 5197-5198]
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5199
ark:/21198/zz002cv5wq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Artists--American--California--Los Angeles
James, Will, 1892-1942
Otis Art Institute
Jeakins, Dorothy
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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