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
Women get weary, but they don't give up, Windsor Hills, 1991, exterior of National Council of Negro Women, 3720 West 54th Street (at Mullen Avenue). Seated on benches in front are educator Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (founder of NCNW in 1935) and current [as of 1998] president Dr. Dorothy Height, plus several anonymous older African-American women all of their faces express pride and strength. Standing behind them, and benefiting from their courage and perseverance, are entertainer Josephine Baker, TV personality Oprah Winfrey, jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan and Olympic runner Florence Griffith-Joyner. In acrylic, approximately 9' x 16' by Alice Patrick, assisted by Daryl Wells, D. McClelland and Domminic McIntyre. Sponsored by Social and Public Art Resource Center -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 216, #40
Type
image
Format
2 slides : col. 2 x 2 in. color slides slides (photographs)
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010 Baker, Josephine Winfrey, Oprah Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1960-1998 Natonal Council of Negro Women (Los Angeles) Street art Mural painting and decoration African American women
Place
33.992812, -118.338547 3720 West 54th Street California Los Angeles USA Windsor Hills
Source
University of Southern California [Contributing entity] dunitz-0800; dunitz-0801 [Identifying number]
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