1. Personal Materials ca. 1940-1990
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Personal letters 1940-1959
Personal letters
Personal letters 1970-1989
Personal letters
Eugene Berman letters 1955-1960
Photographs of Mae Babitz and family undated
Sol Babitz material undated
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Miscellaneous
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2. Artwork Documentation and Research Files ca. 1940-1990
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Clippings -- newspaper articles about or mentioning Mae Babitz ca. 1950-1969
Clippings -- newspaper articles about or mentioning Mae Babitz
Clippings -- other articles mentioning Mae Babitz ca. 1960-1980
Correspondence -- City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Foundation ca. 1945-1990
Correspondence -- grant applications 1965 and 1981
Correspondence -- lists of artwork and prices
Correspondence -- private galleries ca. 1950-1980
Correspondence -- press release information undated
Correspondence -- miscellaneous undated
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Exhibitions -- pamphlets
Exhibitions -- pamphlets ca. 1950-1969
Exhibitions -- miscellaneous undated
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Research material -- historical information on Los Angeles and Los Angeles architecture ca. 1950-1980
Research material -- images of buildings, magazine clippings and photocopies undated
Research material -- photographs of buildings, primarily Los Angeles architecture undated
Research material -- photographic reproductions and photocopies of Babitz's illustrations undated
Sketches, small pieces of artwork undated
Miscellaneous
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Oversized -- illustrations undated
Oversized -- images of buildings undated
3. Edward James Correspondence ca. 1930-1990
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Correspondence -- First Husband
Correspondence -- Edward James 1950s
Correspondence -- Edward James 1960s
Correspondence -- Edward James 1971-1978
Correspondence -- Edward James
Correspondence -- Edward James (1 of 4) 1980s
Correspondence -- Edward James (2 of 4) 1980s
Correspondence -- Edward James (3 of 4) 1980s
Correspondence -- Edward James (4 of 4)
Correspondence -- Edward James (1 of 2) undated
Correspondence -- Edward James (2 of 2) undated
Miscellaneous undated
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Oversized -- Record of a Journey - autobiography and poetry during James's travels undated
4. Watts Towers ca. 1950-2002
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Art books and pamphlets (1 of 3) ca. 1950-1980
Art books and pamphlets (2 of 3) ca. 1950-1980
Art books and pamphlets (3 of 3)
Clippings -- magazines ca. 1960-1980
Clippings -- newspapers (1 of 2) ca. 1960-1980
Clippings -- newspapers (2 of 2) ca. 1960-1980
Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts (1 of 2)
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Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts (2 of 2) ca. 1960-1985
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Correspondence 1950-1959
Correspondence (1 of 2) 1960-1969
Correspondence (2 of 2)
Correspondence 1970-1979
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Correspondence 1980-1985
Correspondence
Correspondence -- miscellaneous
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Fliers and announcements regarding Towers ca. 1959-1981
Newsletters and other written pieces about the Towers (1 of 2) ca. 1950-1980
Newsletters and other written pieces about the Towers (2 of 2)
Photographs and slides
Research Materials -- hand written notes undated
Research Materials -- notes and narratives (1 of 3) ca. 1950-1970
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Research Materials -- notes and narratives (2 of 3)
Research Materials -- notes and narratives (3 of 3)
Miscellaneous undated
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Media -- 35mm film strip of Watts Towers undated
Media -- Film reel -- William Hale architectural film of Watts Towers, approx. 12 minutes 1957
Media -- VHS -- "Simon Rodia's Watts Towers"
Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam Rodia Talks Tape I & II (Wisnieski and Hale) 1953
Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam Rodia Talks Tape I & II (Wisnieski and Hale) - duplicate 1953
Media -- Audio Reel -- A visit to Sam's Birthplace ca. 1974
Media -- Audio Reel -- KPFK discussion of Towers, approx. 30 min
Media -- Audio Reel -- KPFK discussion of Towers 1961
Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam IV undated
Media -- Audio Reel -- Cartwright interviewing a film maker undated
Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam I with canton
Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam I and II, segments 1953
Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam III 1953
Media -- Audio Reel -- Watts Towers soundtrack undated
Media -- Audio Reel -- Steinitz tape, Schwitters, art
Media -- calendar, has a page from Towers 1968
Oversized -- collage and pin art undated
Oversized -- Simon Rodia biography 1979
Oversized -- scrapbook
5. Kate Steinitz Materials ca. 1920-1975
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Catalogs and fliers -- art ca. 1960-1990
Catalogs and fliers -- books (1 of 2) ca. 1960-1980
Catalogs and fliers -- books (2 of 2)
Clippings -- newspaper and magazine articles ca. 1960-1980
Conference fliers 1950, 1971, 1974
Correspondence ca. 1920-1949
Correspondence
Correspondence 1960-1969
Correspondence 1970-1979
Correspondence -- miscellaneous
Correspondence -- Christmas cards
Correspondence -- Christmas cards 1959
Correspondence (1 of 2) undated
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Correspondence (2 of 2)
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Correspondence -- newsletters
Journal Articles -- by Kate Steinitz ca. 1950-1975
Journal Articles -- other (1 of 2) ca. 1959-1975
Journal Articles -- other (2 of 2) ca. 1959-1975
Postcards -- blank (1 of 2)
Postcards -- blank (2 of 2) undated
Photographs undated
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Miscellaneous -- art clippings (1 of 3)
Miscellaneous -- art clippings (2 of 3)
Miscellaneous -- art clippings (3 of 3) undated
Miscellaneous -- other (1 of 2) undated
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Miscellaneous -- other (2 of 2) undated
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Oversized -- calendar, photo of a dancer, drawing of two babies and copy, flier for da Vinci event 1972, 1974
Oversized -- letter to Elmer Bert from S. Quiglin 1949
Mixed media, circular collage wheel by Paul LaPorte 1964
Oversized -- prints undated
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6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980
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Cathedral, unknown, detail (Germany) 1963
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Memories of Venice ca. 1970s
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The Castle on Bunker Hill, near Grand and Court 1966-1969
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Berlin Wall ca. 1960s
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Worms Cathedral/Cathedral of St. Peter 1962
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Brussels Square 1962
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Koln Dom January 10, 1962
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Unknown house, Victorian 1961
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Old House of Joy 1953
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Amestoy Building, Vertical, Main Street near Commercial, site demolished 1958
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Italian Scene 1963
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Guanajuato Views, Mexico 1955
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Los Angeles Destruction, site demolished 1957
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Rathius Gouda (Rathaus) 1962-1963
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Speyer Cathedral
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Cathedral (Rouen) 1963
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Bradbury Building Memories, 3rd and Broadway, Cultural Heritage 1967-1968
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Pueblo 1954
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Reims Cathedral 1963
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Tubingen 1962
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Rouen Cathedral 1963-1968
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Daisy Baird House on Hope Street, site demolished 1957
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Koln Dom, detail
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Bradbury Building Memories, 3rd and Broadway, Cultural Heritage 1967-1968
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Assisi 1972
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L.A. Main Street Lugo House (China Town), site demolished 1953-1959
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Dead Wino, Skid Row 1955
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Bunker Hill Street House, site demolished 1953
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Pisa 1975
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The Towers of Simon Rodia, 107th St. 1959
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Tours St. Gatien
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Plaza Mission 1950
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Los Angeles High School, Wooden House, site demolished 1949-1950
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Hale House, 4571 N. Figueroa Street, Cultural Heritage (currently located at Heritage Square) 1958
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Fagan Phantasy, view of Main Street, site demolished 1956
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Demolition at 4th and Main Street (Cleveland Wrecking Company), site demolished 1960
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Watts Towers, 107th at Wilmington 1959
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Condemned Building 1951
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Bunker Hill Views, Grand and First, site demolished 1951-1953
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Amestoy Building, Horizontal, Main Street near Commercial, site demolished 1958
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Watts Tower, Cultural Heritage ca. 1950s
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Bunker Hill, 2nd and Grand, site demolished 1949
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Workman Street House, Northeast Los Angeles, site demolished 1964
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Pico House Plaza, Main Street (for Sol Babitz), Cultural Heritage 1952-1953
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San Francisco, Divisadero and Oaks 1951
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The Demolition of Los Angeles, sites demolished (with original wallpaper from sites) 1959-1972
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Bradbury Building Memories, 3rd and Broadway, Cultural Heritage 1967-1968
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Verona, Piazza Dante 1970-1973
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Los Angeles Main Street, Main Street Phantasy, Cuida 1954-1955
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Bradbury Building Memories, 3rd and Broadway, Cultural Heritage 1967-1968
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Los Angeles High School, Fragment, demolition scene in progress, site demolished 1949
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Los Angeles City Streets, 3rd and Broadway 1942
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County Medical Building, Northwest Corner of the Main Street Side of the Present City Hall Grounds 1946
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Los Angeles Lamppost and Pacific Electric Car
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Figueroa Neighborhood House, small 1950
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Los Angeles Fire House, view from Plaza Street and L.A. Corner 1954
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Man with mustache
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Perez Prado (recto), sketch San Francisco house (verso)
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Portrait of a woman
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Stravinsky in yellow undated
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Stravinsky in black
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Stravinsky in pencil, profile November 18, 1953
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Right side profile of man undated
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Mask 1956
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Profile of man (recto), three-quarter profile of man (verso)
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Man with mustache on one leg
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Evie (recto), nude woman (verso) undated
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Music #3 1947
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Beach scene with three women, a baby and a bird
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Vienna 1962
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Plaza 1945-1948
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Musicians sketched on the backs of bank checks
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Portrait: Bob Craft and sketch of two men 1956
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Sol Babitz at TV October 11, 1956
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Blue and red landscape
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Cliffs and cove with sailboats
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Staircase, arches and columns 1972
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Residenz Palace
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Londres 1974
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Red and Green landscape undated
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Jack's Turkish Baths
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Light House Mission undated
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Ischia 1974
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Street scene, merchant shops in color
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Downtown Los Angeles street scene at Hotel Rosslyn undated
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Sketches of faces undated
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Sketch of lampposts, unfinished 1953
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Street scene with woman and man at Engine 23
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Woman in coat 1955
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Sketch of cathedral, unfinished undated
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Los Angeles, houses
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Rooftops, antennas and phone wires 1954
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Hollywood collage, sketches 1955
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Multiple sketches of houses and trees
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Victorian houses in red 1956
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Main Street, Good Fellow's Grotto 1954
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Face, sketch
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San Francisco houses
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Rural landscape with highway
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Vase and flowers
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Seaside buildings with arches
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Street scene with hotels 1956
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Houses, car and pasture with two people 1942-1943
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Tucson street scene
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Corner of abandoned building interior undated
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Green and brown figure standing in front of white arch and vases 1955
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Rocking chair on outdoor porch with arches undated
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Rural landscape with trees in foreground
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Rural landscape with road and telephone wires
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Rural landscape with trees and lake
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Right hand
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Flowering tree
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Face in pink
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Street scene with lampposts and telephone poles, Fog Horse Liquors at left undated
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Beach scene with five people
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Dancing people in blue and green
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Woman dancing with green background 1942
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European street with buildings and trees undated
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Three standing figures
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Factory scene with telephone poles and cyclist
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Piper's Opera street scene
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Woman in front of Wayman Hotel street scene 1955
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Jazz Man Records
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Figure drawings, early works undated
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Figure drawings, early works undated
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Figure drawings, early works undated
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Prints of Pueblo
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Bradbury Building Memories, 3rd and Broadway, Cultural Heritage 1967-1968
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Rome, Trinita dei Monti 1977
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Verona 1970-1973
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Italian Scene, Montage of Cremona 1970-1972
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Campidoglio plaza undated
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10 minutes June 7, 1960
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House, tree and telephone pole, unfinished undated
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Palm trees and buildings in background 1970
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Victorian house, unfinished undated
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Freiburg 1963
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Unknown building with spires, unfinished
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Hotel des Grands Hommes, unfinished undated
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Venice ca. 1941-1955
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Carroll Street House, Cultural Heritage 1964
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Sunset and Hill Street, site demolished 1957
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Regensburg April 17, 1962
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Paris Cathedral 1963
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Paris 1963
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Victorian houses on a hill
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Andersen Victorian house with trees 1957
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Two men with piano and violin February 22, 1960
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A View of Perez Prado December 1953
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Scene of Europe undated
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Two women in green blouses with drinks undated
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Bridge scene with buildings in background undated
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Unknown Cathedral 1962
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Boyle Heights
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Los Angeles Lugo House 1950
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Dr. Blass' 1944
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Four-legged green and purple man 1942
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Castelar and Ord
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Postscape 2 undated
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Man sitting, sketch June 14, 1960
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Building interior, partly demolished undated
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Back of woman sitting undated
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Original LA High School 1873-1949
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Victorian house in five colors 1952
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Bridge and buildings undated
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Gothic archways
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Amsterdam 1962
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Men on park benches 1942
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Orange columns and arches
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Girl with Crucifix 1955
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City Lights Number 5 1953
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Cubist house in blue
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Portrait 1955
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Man playing classical bass 1955
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Catalog Melrose & Stratis
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Cello undated
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Man with scarf and book undated
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City Lights table of contents (unfinished) 1953
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Marigold
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Man in red with scarf and book
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Woman dancing 1955
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Palm trees and pink sky
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Desert Shrubs undated
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Purple and brown landscape undated
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Collage, teacup, fly, vegetables, triangles undated
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Berlin Synagogue
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Violet and Goldie Mae 1944
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Over the Seine 1933
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Palm tree and street corner with cars and telephone poles
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Woman and vegetable stand
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Nicole R., profile of woman
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Grubbing
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Two people talking in Hamburg
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Miguel
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Sol Babitz in Ojai, profile 1955
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Three women in hats January 4, 1962
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Woman in a red jacket at a hotel
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Two men at a bar, Neinhaus, Gottingen January 6, 1962
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Reeperbahn, Hamburg January 4, 1962
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Woman playing recorder undated
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Albani Bier, Gottingen
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Mme Ehlers
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Two faces, unfinished, Hamburg
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John Crown playing piano
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Man playing violin in color
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Conductor and orchestra, sketch
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Man at slot machine
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Man reclined, reading
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Nadia Boulanger
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Man playing violin, sketch
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18th Century Music
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Portrait of man with mustache, sketch
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Lili Kraus
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Dem Devil Grass Blues
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Profile outline of a man, unfinished
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Profile of woman at table
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Chico Rivera
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Wingy Manone jazz scene
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Monteverdi Bob Craft 1955
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Six faces, sketch undated
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Figure drawings, early works
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Prints of County Medical Building
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Prints of Sunset and Hill Street Los Angeles 1957
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Unknown European buildings, outline, unfinished undated
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Chiesa san Petronio, Bologna 1978
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Edam, Van Gogh October 8, 1961
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Two religious figures, gothic style undated
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Chapel Tubingen
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Sorrento 1974
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Prints of Los Angeles northeast corner of 4th and Main 1964
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Italian scene, unknown cathedral 1970-1973
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Bonn 1963
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Cathedral spires October 6, 1961
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European buildings undated
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Deo Gloria, unfinished undated
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Mittenwald 1962
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Gold brushstrokes and splatter undated
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Luneberg October 13, 1961
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Arches in a dome building, interior, unfinished undated
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Colosseum 1963
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Road, telephone poles and trees undated
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European street scene outline undated
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Wussenbuttel 1961
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St. Stephan's Wien
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Cathedral roof top, unfinished undated
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Burgtor, Lubeck undated
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Stone arch undated
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Cathedral in orange, red and green
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View From Besagon Champre undated
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European buildings, outline, unfinished 1963
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Cathedral undated
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United States Capitol undated
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European buildings in color undated
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People in orange and yellow (recto) people in orange and yellow (verso) undated
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Los Angeles Scene 12 1945-1946
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Victorian corner house in white pink and blue 1957
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Victorian house in yellow, green and brown 1957
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Trees, lamppost, arches and purple stairs 1957
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Rural scene with houses, road, trees and mountains February 1956
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Undefined building undated
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Sunday Morning, Central at 12th St. 1942
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Hollywood Freeway Scene 1953
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LA Street Scene, Sunset near Silverlake undated
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Palm trees in green, blue and purple
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Rectangular wood home, woman in window, and sidewalk 1942
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Trees in yellow and green undated
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Los Angeles #12 1945-1955
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Il Duomo Parma
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Piazza Erbe Mantova 1978
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Piazza Geribaldi Parma 1978
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Unknown cathedral, interior 1970
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Bar Giuseppe 1974
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Arched doorway undated
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Statue of man on horse and building with arches in background undated
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Hillside buildings, bill board and palm trees 1957
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Lamppost with buildings 1950-1957
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Victorian house scene with woman in pink and man in blue undated
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Street scene with lampposts in brown, green and red 1955
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Park scene with six people 1948
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Grubbing #3, Los Angeles Scene #22 1948
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European buildings with stairways and water fountain undated
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Building and parked cars, unfinished undated
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LA, Vermont and Fifth (Diamond Auto Sale) 1955
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Dr. Blass' Office
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Jack's Turkish Baths 1955
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Two houses and man on porch steps 1957
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Prints of Bradbury Building
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Prints of Watts Towers
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Prints of Bunker Hill, 2nd and Grand
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