América Tropical after its completion. This black
and white photograph of the mural shows details of the work
now unreadable given its poor state of preservation. Photo:
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.
Another historical photograph showing the south-facing wall
of the Italian Hall where the mural is situated. The losses
in the upper right corner of the mural occurred during the
Sylmar earthquake of 1971. Photo: El Pueblo de Los Angeles
Historical Monument.
The shed protecting the mural at the time of the 1990 conservation
campaign. The current project will include the construction
of a protective shelter that permits the visitor to view the
mural. Photo: Nancy Kaye.
A partial view of the mural during the 1990 conservation
effort. In the background, on scaffolding, are conservators
at work. In the foreground to the right, the mural's central
figure, a Mexican Indian crucified on a double cross, can
be seen. Photo: Nancy Kaye.
Two conservators plug holes and plaster cracks in the surface
of América Tropical during the 1990 conservation
of the mural. Photo: Nancy Kaye.
Conservator Augustín Espinosa working on the mural
in 1990. Using a needle, he is delicately removing traces of
white overpaint from the mural's surface. Photo: Nancy Kaye.
The digital imaging of the mural in 1994. GCI staff member
Eric Lange mounts a filter wheel on the Hasselblad camera
with a digital camera back that was used in the imaging process.
Photo: Mitchell Bishop.
GCI staff members Irene Sen and Angelyn Bass conducting the
condition survey of the mural in 1997. Photo: Leslie Rainer.
A digital composite image of the mural in 1994. The image
was created using an on site digital imaging process, designed
at the Conservation Institute and used by staff to capture
and store detailed, high resolution images of the entire mural.
The information will assist in the mural's documentation and
final conservation. Photo: Eric Lange.
The uncovered mural as seen in October 2002 from the rooftop of the Hammel Building. Photo: Leslie Rainer.
The current protective structure of Lexan and metal. Photo: Leslie Rainer.
A banner reproducing América Tropical from a rendering by conservator Augustin Espinosa, which covers the current shelter. Photo: El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.
