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Charcoal Sketches of Los Angeles, California, ca. 1934-1947
BANC PIC 1979.124--B
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Collection Title: Charcoal Sketches of Los Angeles, California
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1979.124--B
Creator: Wardman, John W.
Extent:
50 drawings: charcoal on paper; 23 x 30 cm.
50 digital objects
Repository:
The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Languages Represented:
English
Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item],
Charcoal Sketches of Los Angeles, California, BANC PIC 1979.124--B, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected
original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below.
Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were
copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and
the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1979.069--C:
Title: Lithographs of Los Angeles, Calif.
The Charcoal sketches of Los Angeles were a gift of the artist in 1979.
The Charcoal sketches of Los Angeles, which date from circa 1934 to circa 1947, are an extensive collection of 50 drawings
made by John Wardman. Wardman was a British-born artist who emigrated to California in the 1930's. His work has been displayed
in a number of exhibitions and museums. Many of the sketches depict parts of Los Angeles subsequently demolished to make way
for Union Station. Together with the scenes from Chinatown (which are also included in the collection) these sketches record
an era in the metropolitan history of Los Angeles that may have otherwise faded without a trace. Almost all the sketches display
the facades of civic buildings or the everyday, street-level dealings of merchants and tradesmen.