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
Evolution of writing, 1938, 8680 California Avenue (north of Firestone Boulevard), Civic Center Community building, exterior. This mosaic of scholars and written languages dating back to neolithic times contains inscriptions in Chinese characters, Phoenician letters, Babylonian cuneiforms and Egyptian hieroglyphics. This small community center was a public library until a new one opened in the early 1970s. Unglazed decorative tiles, kiln-fired, 10' x 12' by Stanton Macdonald Wright. Sponsored by Federal Art Project -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 229, #4 (photo on p. 14).
Type
image
Format
2 slides : col. 2 x 2 in. color slides slides (photographs)
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