Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.
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Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.
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Automotive Landscapes #5: Los Angeles, 1978, Anthony Hernandez. Gelatin silver print. 11 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. Purchased in part with funds provided by the Photographs Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum. © Anthony Hernandez
Backyard, Diamond Bar, California, 1980, Joe Deal. Gelatin silver print. 11 3/16 x 11 1/4 in. © Joe Deal
Backyard, Diamond Bar, California, 1980, Joe Deal. Gelatin silver print. 11 3/16 x 11 5/16 in. © Joe Deal
Clockwork Malibu, 1978, Anthony Friedkin. Gelatin silver print. 11 15/16 x 18 5/16 in. Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind. © Anthony Friedkin
Cocktails with Heinecken, about 1974, Darryl J. Curran. Gelatin silver print. 9 1/4 x 14 in. Gift of Darryl J. Curran. © Darryl J. Curran
Constructing a Saw Horse, 1972, William Wegman. Gelatin silver print. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. © William Wegman
Film Can Library, Universal Studios, 1978, Anthony Friedkin. Gelatin silver print. 12 x 17 11/16 in. Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind. © Anthony Friedkin
Finished Housing, Lakewood, California, 1950, William A. Garnett. Gelatin silver print. 7 3/8 x 9 7/16 in. © Estate of William A. Garnett
Foundation and Slabs, Lakewood, California, 1950, William A. Garnett. Gelatin silver print. 7 7/16 x 9 3/8 in. © Estate of William A. Garnett
Framing, Lakewood, California, 1950, William A. Garnett. Gelatin silver print. 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. © Estate of William A. Garnett
Gertrude Teske, Composite with Hollyhock House, Hollywood, 1974, Edmund Teske. Gelatin silver print. 9 7/16 x 13 3/8 in. Gift of the Edmund Teske Archives/Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand. © Edmund Teske Archives/Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand, 2001
Juliet in Mud Mask, 1945, Man Ray. Gelatin silver print. 14 x 10 11/16 in. © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP
Los Angeles, 1971, Henry Wessel Jr. Gelatin silver on Dupont Veragam paper print. 7 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum. © Henry Wessel
Los Angeles, 1964, Garry Winogrand. Gelatin silver print. 9 x 13 7/16 in. © 1984 The Estate of Garry Winogrand
Los Angeles Downtown #3, 1971, Anthony Hernandez. Gelatin silver print. 7 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. Purchased in part with finds provided by the Photographs Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum. © Anthony Hernandez