Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Laguna Beach artist George K. Brandriff standing by his painting entitled "Hit Me!" The painting depicts a clown toy, playing cards, and chips; the frame is composed of Los Angeles Times articles chiefly about the New Deal. This photograph was taken at the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles, where an exhibition of Brandriff's Los Angeles Times-inspired paintings was held during May, 1933. This photograph appears with the article "'EVERY STORY'S A PICTURE,' ARTIST OPINES: 'Times' Inspires Painted Satires on World's Current Events," Los Angeles Times, 9 May 1933: A8. This photograph appears with the caption "'The New Deal' as It Seems to George K. Brandriff," Los Angeles Times, 9 May 1933: A8. Handwritten on negative: Geo. K. Brandriff painting. Text from negative sleeve: Brandriff, George K., artist.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1421 ark:/21198/zz002dbw45
Language
English
Subject
Politics in art Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles Paintings Artists--American--California--Laguna Beach Brandriff, George Kennedy 1890-1936
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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