Slide Library street art and mural slides, 1928-1997

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Slide Library street art and mural slides
Dates:
1928-1997
Containers:
box: 1
Extent:
1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description of item], Slide Library Street Art and Mural Slides, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library, SLI.001.001.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes 139 color 35mm slides. The slides depict murals and architecture, with the majority of photographs taken in Los Angeles County. Slides were compiled by the LACMA Slide Library. Photographers are generally unknown.

The collection includes street art by the following artists: Johnny Alvarez, Alza, Robert Arenivar, Raul Baltazar, John Bene, Sandy Bleifer, Scott Bloomfield, Noa Bornstein, Paul Botello, David Botello, Jane Boyd, Neal Boyle, carlos Callego, Alson Skinner Chase, Commonarts, El Congresso de Artstas Cosmicos de las Americas de San Diego, Cordova, Rip Cronk, Jose Cruz, Manuel Cruz, Sandra Drinning, Streetscapers, Antonia Esparza, John Estraded, Charles W. Feliz, L.A. Fine Arts Squad, Alfredo Diaz Flores, The Fool, Jane Golden, Jose-Luis Gonzalez, David S. Gorden, Les Grimes, Guiterrez Brothers, Bessie Peirce Heller, Willie Herron, Susan Lautmann Hertel, Hex, Wayne Holwick, Bernard Hoyes, Michael Kelly, Kat Kozik, Dennis Kugiraki, Daniel Martinez, Frank Martinez, Rudy Martinez, Arthur Mortimer, David Mosley, Henry Allen Nord, Victor Ocho, Elliott Pinkney, Johanna Poethig, Peter Quezada, Mike Rios, Frank Romero, Helen Samuels, Irv Samuels, Diana Schnurr, Terry Schoonhoven, Millard Sheets, Frank Stella, Thomas Suriya, Dave Talbot, Robert W.R. Taylor, Ann ELizabeth Thiermann, Elroy Torrez, Tortuga Patrol, Keith Tucker, Kent Twitchell, Mario Aguirre Uriarte, Benjamin Valenzuela, Manuel Velazquez, Joseph Young, Ian White, Tyrus Wong, Richard Wyatt, and Shiyan Zhang. Community-based street art projects (e.g. a mural by the Duarte High School art department) are also included.

Seven of the sixteen sheets are the slides themselves, while the remaining nine sheets include the detailed artwork and artist information cards. There are more information cards than slides, as slides were checked out by library patrons and not returned.

Dimensions:
(13L" x 3H" x 10W")
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-25 00:25:09 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment only through the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library. Telephone 323-857-6118 or email library@lacma.org.

Terms of access:

Contact the Balch Research Library at 323-856-6118 or library@lacma.org for information on publishing or reproducing materials included in these records. Permission will be granted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as the owner of the physical materials, and does not imply permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all necessary permissions from the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Description of item], Slide Library Street Art and Mural Slides, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library, SLI.001.001.

Location of this collection:
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036, US
Contact:
(323) 857-6118