Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A mural depicts a pastoral scene in which a shepherd is tending to his flock of sheep. The shepherd holds a lambs in his arms, while the rest stand in a field with grass, bushes, trees, and hills. The mural is situated in the archway above a set of wooden double-doors. The piece is called, "The Good Shepherd and the Lambs," and also called, "The Shepherd and His Flock" in other literature. This particular photograph is part of a set of three included in the Los Angeles Times article. The caption associated with this specific picture is from "Photograph 3." Famed muralist, Millard Sheets, painted the fresco within a day, above the chapel doorway of Groman Mortuary on 830 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles. "Pico Street" is mistakenly written on the nitrate negative sleeve. The mortuary still exists, though it is unknown whether the mural does. This image appears with the article, "Fresco Artist Finishes True Mural Overnight," Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1935 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2557-- Mural by Millard Sheets on mortuary at 830 W. Pico [Pico crossed out] Street, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Lightning-Like Strokes With Southland Painter's Brush Complete 'True' Mural Between Sundown and Dawn: Sun-dried and with the colors "set" through exposure to the rays, the mural is shown as it appeared yesterday above the door to the chapel of the mortuary. Done in quiet tans, grays and blues it was completed overnight.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9019 ark:/21198/zz002dh0vq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Murals--California--Los Angeles Arts Chapels--California--Los Angeles Groman Mortuary Chapel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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