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Finding Aid for the Mae Babitzpapers, ca. 1920-2000

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Finding Aid for the Mae Babitz papers, ca. 1920-2000

Processed by Daniella Perry in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley WolfeBachli, 2010; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia funds.UCLA Library Special CollectionsRoom A1713, Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575Email: [email protected]: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/© 2010The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

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Descriptive SummaryTitle: Mae Babitz papersDate (inclusive): ca. 1920-2000Collection number: 1740Creator: Babitz, MaeExtent: 17 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)12 oversize boxes5 map foldersAbstract: Mae Babitz (1911-2003) illustrated architectural landmarks of Los Angeles from 1940 to 1970 and wasinstrumental in saving Simon Rodia's Watts Towers from destruction. The collection includes artwork as well as personalcorrespondence and correspondence with the City of Los Angeles with respect to exhibitions, acquisitions and saving theTowers. Babitz is most known for mid-century illustrations of Los Angeles architecture, some of the only surviving records ofbuildings that no longer exist. Examples include buildings at Bunker Hill, the Bradbury Building, Hollywood Hotel, WattsTowers, and various Victorian homes. A self-trained artist, Babitz used pencil, quill and ink on watercolor paper; she paintedat site, primarily of Victorian buildings. After many years of working to get the City of Los Angeles to acquire Babitz'sartwork for posterity, her daughter, Mirandi Babitz donated the materials to UCLA in 2006. Collection consists of extensivepersonal and professional correspondence, personal photographs, loose papers, exhibition fliers and booklets, newspaperand magazine clippings and ephemera of Mae Babitz's life as an artist. In addition to personal and work related papers, thecollection includes over 70 illustrations that were shown in galleries and public buildings, and many other earlier sketchesand drawings. Also included are correspondence and internal documentation related to and generated by the Committeefor Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts.Language: Finding aid is written in English.Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.Los Angeles, California 90095-1575Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLALibrary Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.Restrictions on AccessCOLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA LibrarySpecial Collections Reference Desk for paging information.Restrictions on Use and ReproductionProperty rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, areretained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright andpursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.Provenance/Source of AcquisitionGift of Mirandi Babitz, 2006.Processing NoteProcessed by Daniella Perry in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley WolfeBachli, 2010.The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia funds.Preferred Citation[Identification of item], Mae Babitz papers (Collection 1740). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,UCLA.UCLA Catalog Record IDUCLA Catalog Record ID: 6603237 BiographyMae Babitz, adventurer, historian, activist, preservationist, artist, wife and mother, was born in Crowley, Louisiana in 1911 to Cajun-French ancestry and baptized Lily May Josephine. Her childhood was spent in the oilfield boomtown, Spindletop, Texas. Babitz moved to Los Angeles in 1934, worked as a secretary and fell in love with Los Angeles architecture. She married musician, Sol Babitz, violinist and consultant to Igor Stravinsky. Igor and Vera Stravinsky became godparents of the Babitz children, Eve and Mirandi. Mae Babitz started a career as an artist in the 1950s as buildings began to be demolished to make way for postwar architecture styles. A self-trained artist, she illustrated primarily Victorian buildings on-site, using pencil, quill and ink on watercolor paper. While some illustrations are in the private collections of the Stravinskys, Edward James and Eugene Berman, most are here at UCLA. Babitz worked with Kate Steinitz and Dr. Elmer Belt in the Elmer Belt

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Library of Vinciana at UCLA. During that time, Babitz helped found the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts in1959. The Committee lobbied both the City of Los Angeles and private donors and held various fundraisers to successfullysave the Watts Towers from destruction. Babitz wrote a biography of Simon Rodia, the research of which included manyinterviews with Rodia and travelling to his birth place in Italy. The Committee sponsored a documentary film as well. Babitzhosted regular meetings of like-minded artists, poets and musicians, including Igor and Vera Stravinsky, Bernard Herrman,Ingolf Dahl, Kenneth Rexroth, Kenneth Pagent, Jellyroll Morton. She and her husband helped found the Ojai Music Festival.In the 1960s, Babitz began travelling to Europe with her husband who was awarded Fulbright and Ford Foundationfellowships for European research in baroque musicianship. In these two decades, two major suites of illustrations werecompleted: "Vanishing Los Angeles" and "The Ancients." Her artwork was showcased in various galleries including LosAngeles County Museum of Art, California Institute of Technology and in private collections of Saul Steinberg, MiltonThomas, Vera Stravinsky, Kate Steinitz and Edward James. Babitz was active in the local arts community, holdingmemberships in the Los Angeles Art Association, All-City Art Festival, Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers (Foundingmember, Board member, Archivist), Elmer Belt Library (assistant to Kate Steinitz), Hollywood Arts Council, Beverly Hills ArtsLeague and Friends of the Municipal Gallery. Some of her awards include the California Centennial Exhibition of Art award,Honorable Mention at the All City Art Festival (1957, 1964, 1972) and the Los Angeles cultural Heritage Board Resolutionaward (1970). Sol, Mae and their daughter, Mirandi, spent many years of working to get the City of Los Angeles to acquireBabitz's artwork for posterity. After all attempts proved fruitless, Mirandi donated the materials to UCLA in 2006. MaeBabitz died in 2003 in Los Angeles.Scope and ContentCollection consists of correspondence, personal photographs, loose papers, newspaper and magazine clippings, ephemeraof Mae Babitz's life as an artist, Kate Steinitz materials and materials related to the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers inWatts. Materials in the collection range from the 1920s to the 1990s. In addition to personal and work related papers, thecollection includes over 70 illustrations that were shown in local art galleries, banks, art festivals and public buildings, andmany other earlier sketches and drawings of Los Angeles and European buildings and scenery. Also included are pressreleases, price lists and exhibition booklets in which Babitz appears. Personal correspondence includes letters writtenduring Sol and Mae Babitz's travels in Europe, giving a glimpse into postwar Germany and France. Extensivecorrespondence with her close friend, Edward James, English poet and artist, takes place during his travels in CentralAmerica, Mexico and Europe. Periodically James discusses his battle with bipolar disorder as well as local sentiments duringthe Cold War. Letters occasionally mention the Stravinskys and Peter Yates. There are also photographs and descriptions ofJames's architectural feats in Xolitil, Mexico. Babitz worked as a secretary for Kate Steinitz, archivist at the Elmer BeltLibrary of Vinciana at UCLA. The collection includes Kate Steinitz materials consisting of correspondence and manyclippings of art, magazines and newspapers. During this time, Babitz cofounded the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers inWatts. The collection includes correspondence, fliers, interview notes and transcripts and film and audio reels related toSimon Rodia and saving the Towers from destruction.Organization and ArrangementArranged in the following series:

1. Mae Babitz Personal Papers2. Artwork Documentation and Research Files3. Edward James correspondence4. Watts Towers5. Kate Steinitz materials6. Artwork.

Indexing TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.SubjectsMae Babitz --- Archives.Related MaterialInformation about materials that are not physically or logically included in the material described in the finding aid but thatmay be of use to a reader because of an association to the described materials.

• Sol Babitz Collection of Research Materials, Correspondence, and Papers , 1948-1982. Collection 52, PerformingArts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.

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• Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts Records (Collection 1388) . Library Special Collections, Charles E.Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

• The Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles.

1. Personal Materials ca. 1940-1990Scope and Content NoteThe Personal Materials series includes personal correspondence with friends and family,several letters from Eugene Berman, Russian painter, and photographs of Babitz and herfamily. There are a few items related to her husband, Sol Babitz.

Box 1, Folder 1 Personal letters 1940-1959Box 1, Folder 2 Personal lettersBox 1, Folder 3 Personal letters 1970-1989Box 1, Folder 4 Personal lettersBox 1, Folder 5 Eugene Berman letters 1955-1960Box 1, Folder 6 Photographs of Mae Babitz and family undatedBox 1, Folder 7 Sol Babitz material undated

Scope and Content NoteIncludes copy of death certificate, automobile transfer, appearances, obituaries,insurance quote for violin

Box 1, Folder 8 Miscellaneous

Scope and Content NoteIncludes ophthalmology record, 19988 W-2, 1990 Notice of Petition to Administer Estate(Chapman estate), recipes, painted greeting cards, statement on psychological testing,"Louisiana Man" story written by Babitz

2. Artwork Documentation and Research Files ca. 1940-1990

Scope and Content NoteThe Artwork Documentation and Research Files series includes materials related to Babitz'scareer as an artist. There is extensive correspondence with the city of Los Angeles regardingart exhibitions and acquisitions, newspaper and magazine articles discussing Mae Babitz,price lists of her illustrations, press releases and gallery books and pamphlets. Also includedare lists of historical buildings in Los Angeles, photographs and images of buildings and afew small sketches and photographic reproductions of her work.

Box 1, Folder 9 Clippings -- newspaper articles about or mentioning Mae Babitz ca. 1950-1969Box 1, Folder 10 Clippings -- newspaper articles about or mentioning Mae BabitzBox 1, Folder 11 Clippings -- other articles mentioning Mae Babitz ca. 1960-1980Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence -- City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Foundation ca. 1945-1990Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence -- grant applications 1965 and 1981Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence -- lists of artwork and pricesBox 2, Folder 4 Correspondence -- private galleries ca. 1950-1980Box 2, Folder 5 Correspondence -- press release information undatedBox 2, Folder 6 Correspondence -- miscellaneous undated

Scope and Content NoteIncludes documents related to artist, Yuroz

Box 2, Folder 7 Exhibitions -- pamphletsBox 3, Folder 1 Exhibitions -- pamphlets ca. 1950-1969

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Box 3, Folder 2 Exhibitions -- miscellaneous undatedScope and Content NoteTitle cards for artwork; merit award (1964)

Box 3, Folder 3 Research material -- historical information on Los Angeles and Los Angeles

architecture ca. 1950-1980Box 3, Folder 4 Research material -- images of buildings, magazine clippings and photocopies

undatedBox 3, Folder 5 Research material -- photographs of buildings, primarily Los Angeles architecture

undatedBox 3, Folder 6 Research material -- photographic reproductions and photocopies of Babitz's

illustrations undatedBox 3, Folder 7 Sketches, small pieces of artwork undatedBox 3, Folder 8 Miscellaneous

Scope and Content NoteAssorted phone numbers, photocopies of magazine advertisements, illustration (artistunknown), art books

Box 18, Folder 1 Oversized -- illustrations undatedBox 18, Folder 2 Oversized -- images of buildings undated 3. Edward James Correspondence ca. 1930-1990

Scope and Content NoteEdward James, English poet and artist, was a close friend of Mae Babitz and wrote to heroften. Most of these letters were written during his travels in Central America, Mexico andEurope. Periodically James discusses his battle with bipolar disorder as well as localsentiments during the Cold War. Letters occasionally mention the Stravinskys and PeterYates. There are also photographs and descriptions of James's architectural feats in Xolitil,Mexico.

Box 4, Folder 1 Correspondence -- First HusbandBox 4, Folder 2 Correspondence -- Edward James 1950sBox 4, Folder 3 Correspondence -- Edward James 1960sBox 4, Folder 4 Correspondence -- Edward James 1971-1978Box 5, Folder 1 Correspondence -- Edward JamesBox 5, Folder 2 Correspondence -- Edward James (1 of 4) 1980sBox 5, Folder 3 Correspondence -- Edward James (2 of 4) 1980sBox 5, Folder 4 Correspondence -- Edward James (3 of 4) 1980sBox 6, Folder 1 Correspondence -- Edward James (4 of 4)Box 6, Folder 2 Correspondence -- Edward James (1 of 2) undatedBox 6, Folder 3 Correspondence -- Edward James (2 of 2) undatedBox 6, Folder 4 Miscellaneous undated

Scope and Content NoteHotel stationery, tourist book of Italy, note from Mae Babitz to Evie, receipts

Box 18, Folder 3 Oversized -- Record of a Journey - autobiography and poetry during James's travels

undated 4. Watts Towers ca. 1950-2002

Scope and Content NoteThe Watts Tower series includes correspondence to the City of Los Angeles, newsletters,biographical information on Simon Rodia, event fliers, magazine and newspaper clippings,audio and film reels. Letters, newspaper clippings and transcripts of interviews show localand official sentiment of local art and architecture. Included in the collection is an originalfilm reel of a 12-minute documentary, "Simon Rodia and the Towers" (1957), original audiorecordings of interviews with Sam Rodia and a biographical manuscript of Rodia written byMae Babitz.

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Box 7, Folder 1 Art books and pamphlets (1 of 3) ca. 1950-1980Box 7, Folder 2 Art books and pamphlets (2 of 3) ca. 1950-1980Box 7, Folder 3 Art books and pamphlets (3 of 3)Box 7, Folder 4 Clippings -- magazines ca. 1960-1980Box 7, Folder 5 Clippings -- newspapers (1 of 2) ca. 1960-1980Box 8, Folder 1 Clippings -- newspapers (2 of 2) ca. 1960-1980Box 8, Folder 2 Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts (1 of 2)

Scope and Content NoteAgendas, minutes, project proposals, factsheets

Box 8, Folder 3 Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts (2 of 2) ca. 1960-1985

Scope and Content NoteAgendas, minutes, project proposals, factsheets

Box 8, Folder 4 Correspondence 1950-1959Box 8, Folder 5 Correspondence (1 of 2) 1960-1969Box 9, Folder 1 Correspondence (2 of 2)Box 9, Folder 2 Correspondence 1970-1979

Scope and Content NoteIncludes book project on Rodia's Towers and contract

Box 9, Folder 3 Correspondence 1980-1985Box 9, Folder 4 CorrespondenceBox 9, Folder 5 Correspondence -- miscellaneous

Scope and Content NoteNotes on the backs of envelopes, list of buildings in San Francisco, mailing list, pagesfrom unknown letters or newsletters

Box 9, Folder 6 Fliers and announcements regarding Towers ca. 1959-1981Box 9, Folder 7 Newsletters and other written pieces about the Towers (1 of 2) ca. 1950-1980Box 9, Folder 8 Newsletters and other written pieces about the Towers (2 of 2)Box 10, Folder 1 Photographs and slidesBox 10, Folder 2 Research Materials -- hand written notes undatedBox 10, Folder 3 Research Materials -- notes and narratives (1 of 3) ca. 1950-1970

Scope and Content NoteIncludes biographical information, interviews, official documents of Sam Rodia and family

Box 11, Folder 1 Research Materials -- notes and narratives (2 of 3)Box 11, Folder 2 Research Materials -- notes and narratives (3 of 3)Box 11, Folder 3 Miscellaneous undated

Scope and Content NoteReceipts, blank stationery, Watts Towers misc. notes, New Orleans tourist pamphlet,UCLA Jazz flier

Box 11, Folder 4 Media -- 35mm film strip of Watts Towers undatedBox 11, Folder 5 Media -- Film reel -- William Hale architectural film of Watts Towers, approx. 12

minutes 1957Box 12, Folder 1 Media -- VHS -- "Simon Rodia's Watts Towers"Box 12, Folder 2 Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam Rodia Talks Tape I & II (Wisnieski and Hale) 1953Box 12, Folder 3 Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam Rodia Talks Tape I & II (Wisnieski and Hale) - duplicate

1953Box 12, Folder 4 Media -- Audio Reel -- A visit to Sam's Birthplace ca. 1974Box 12, Folder 5 Media -- Audio Reel -- KPFK discussion of Towers, approx. 30 minBox 12, Folder 6 Media -- Audio Reel -- KPFK discussion of Towers 1961Box 12, Folder 7 Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam IV undatedBox 12, Folder 8 Media -- Audio Reel -- Cartwright interviewing a film maker undated

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Box 12, Folder 9 Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam I with cantonBox 12, Folder 10 Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam I and II, segments 1953Box 12, Folder 11 Media -- Audio Reel -- Sam III 1953Box 12, Folder 12 Media -- Audio Reel -- Watts Towers soundtrack undatedBox 12, Folder 13 Media -- Audio Reel -- Steinitz tape, Schwitters, artBox 12, Folder 14 Media -- calendar, has a page from Towers 1968Box 18, Folder 5 Oversized -- collage and pin art undatedBox 19, Folder 1 Oversized -- Simon Rodia biography 1979Box 19, Folder 2 Oversized -- scrapbook 5. Kate Steinitz Materials ca. 1920-1975

Scope and Content NoteSteinitz was the archivist for the Elmer Belt Library and an art collector. Having collected daVinci items, she became a da Vinci scholar and published articles about da Vinci and thecollection. This series includes personal correspondence, catalogs of books for sale, clippingsand postcards of art work from around the word and journal articles written by Steinitz andothers.

Box 13, Folder 1 Catalogs and fliers -- art ca. 1960-1990Box 13, Folder 2 Catalogs and fliers -- books (1 of 2) ca. 1960-1980Box 13, Folder 3 Catalogs and fliers -- books (2 of 2)Box 14, Folder 1 Clippings -- newspaper and magazine articles ca. 1960-1980Box 14, Folder 2 Conference fliers 1950, 1971, 1974Box 14, Folder 3 Correspondence ca. 1920-1949Box 14, Folder 4 CorrespondenceBox 14, Folder 5 Correspondence 1960-1969Box 14, Folder 6 Correspondence 1970-1979Box 14, Folder 7 Correspondence -- miscellaneousBox 15, Folder 1 Correspondence -- Christmas cardsBox 15, Folder 2 Correspondence -- Christmas cards 1959Box 15, Folder 3 Correspondence (1 of 2) undated

Scope and Content NotePostcards to other people, art clippings, list of slides for da Vinci, poetry, mailing labels

Box 15, Folder 4 Correspondence (2 of 2)

Scope and Content NotePostcards, undated notes, mailing list, letters regarding Kurt Schwitters

Box 15, Folder 5 Correspondence -- newslettersBox 15, Folder 6 Journal Articles -- by Kate Steinitz ca. 1950-1975Box 15, Folder 7 Journal Articles -- other (1 of 2) ca. 1959-1975Box 16, Folder 1 Journal Articles -- other (2 of 2) ca. 1959-1975Box 16, Folder 2 Postcards -- blank (1 of 2)Box 16, Folder 3 Postcards -- blank (2 of 2) undatedBox 16, Folder 4 Photographs undated

Scope and Content NotePhotographs of Kate Steinitz, of art work and scenery, of unknown people, of books

Box 16, Folder 5 Miscellaneous -- art clippings (1 of 3)Box 17, Folder 1 Miscellaneous -- art clippings (2 of 3)Box 17, Folder 2 Miscellaneous -- art clippings (3 of 3) undatedBox 17, Folder 3 Miscellaneous -- other (1 of 2) undated

Scope and Content NoteHandwritten notes, airline boarding pass, union meeting booklet, articles on homeopathyand other medical conditions, guitar lesson booklet

5. Kate Steinitz Materials ca. 1920-1975


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Box 17, Folder 4 Miscellaneous -- other (2 of 2) undatedScope and Content NoteDecorative tile, note cards, hand written notes, receipts, clippings of art, card- catalognote cards, gosparlin bridges for string instruments

Box 18, Folder 4 Oversized -- calendar, photo of a dancer, drawing of two babies and copy, flier for da

Vinci event 1972, 1974Box 30 Oversized -- letter to Elmer Bert from S. Quiglin 1949Box 34 Mixed media, circular collage wheel by Paul LaPorte 1964Box 34, Folder 1 Oversized -- prints undated

Scope and Content Note12 items: prints of Leonardo da Vinci paintings, print of Bernardo Bellato painting, chartof Italian schools, Elmer Belt folder

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980

Scope and Content NoteArtwork includes over 70 illustrations that were exhibited and for sale around Los Angeles ingalleries and public buildings, as well as many more illustrations and sketches done in LosAngeles and in Europe. Most famous are the illustrations of Victorian era buildings in LosAngeles and her sketches of the Watts Towers and the Bradbury Building.

Box 20 Cathedral, unknown, detail (Germany) 1963

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and pencil on watercolor paper, 19 1/2" × 15 3/8"

Box 20 Memories of Venice ca. 1970s

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil, and watercolor on watercolor paper, 16" × 22 1/2"

Box 20 The Castle on Bunker Hill, near Grand and Court 1966-1969

Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 22 1/2" × 30"

Box 20 Berlin Wall ca. 1960s

Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 22" × 30"

Box 20 Worms Cathedral/Cathedral of St. Peter 1962

Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 19 3/4" × 25 3/4"

Box 20 Brussels Square 1962


Box 20 Koln Dom January 10, 1962

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink on watercolor paper, 30 1/4" × 22"

Box 20 Unknown house, Victorian 1961

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and watercolor on watercolor paper, 22 1/2" × 30 1/2"

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Box 20 Old House of Joy 1953Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 20 1/2" × 13"

Box 20 Amestoy Building, Vertical, Main Street near Commercial, site demolished 1958


Box 20 Italian Scene 1963


Box 20 Guanajuato Views, Mexico 1955


Box 20 Los Angeles Destruction, site demolished 1957


Box 20 Rathius Gouda (Rathaus) 1962-1963

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink on watercolor paper, 27' × 21 3/4"

Box 20 Speyer Cathedral


Box 20 Cathedral (Rouen) 1963

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, watercolor, and gouache on watercolor paper, 22" × 30"

Box 20 Bradbury Building Memories, 3rd and Broadway, Cultural Heritage 1967-1968

Scope and Content NoteSilkscreen collage with cut-out sheet music on watercolor paper laid down, 30 3/4" × 221/2"

Box 20 Pueblo 1954


Box 20 Reims Cathedral 1963

Scope and Content NoteInk on paper, 10 1/2" × 8 1/4"

Box 20 Tubingen 1962


Box 20 Rouen Cathedral 1963-1968

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 22" × 30#

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Box 21 Daisy Baird House on Hope Street, site demolished 1957Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, watercolor, and gouache on watercolor paper, 30" × 40"

Box 21 Koln Dom, detail

Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 31" × 22 1/4"


Scope and Content NoteSilkscreen collage with cut-out sheet music on watercolor paper laid down, 30 3/4" × 221/2"

Box 21 Assisi 1972

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 27 1/2" × 39 1/2"

Box 22 L.A. Main Street Lugo House (China Town), site demolished 1953-1959

Scope and Content NoteOil on canvas, in frame, 20" × 24"

Box 23 Dead Wino, Skid Row 1955

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and gouache on watercolor paper, 22 1/2" × 27"

Box 23 Bunker Hill Street House, site demolished 1953


Box 23 Pisa 1975

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 22" × 30"

Box 23 The Towers of Simon Rodia, 107th St. 1959

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and print on watercolor paper, 19 3/4" × 27 3/4"

Box 23 Tours St. Gatien

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on watercolor paper

Box 23 Plaza Mission 1950

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and pencil on watercolor paper, 22" × 30"

Box 23 Los Angeles High School, Wooden House, site demolished 1949-1950

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and pencil on watercolor paper, 20" × 29"

Box 23 Hale House, 4571 N. Figueroa Street, Cultural Heritage (currently located at Heritage

Square) 1958Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 22 1/2" × 30 3/4"

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Box 23 Fagan Phantasy, view of Main Street, site demolished 1956


Box 23 Demolition at 4th and Main Street (Cleveland Wrecking Company), site demolished

1960Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 20 1/4" × 30 1/4"

Box 23 Watts Towers, 107th at Wilmington 1959

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and collage print on watercolor paper, 19 3/4" × 27 3/4"

Box 23 Condemned Building 1951

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil, and watercolor on watercolor paper, 22" × 30"

Box 23 Bunker Hill Views, Grand and First, site demolished 1951-1953


Box 23 Amestoy Building, Horizontal, Main Street near Commercial, site demolished 1958


Box 23 Watts Tower, Cultural Heritage ca. 1950s

Scope and Content NoteSerigraph hand painted with oil pastels on watercolor paper, 22 1/2" × 30 3/4"

Box 23 Bunker Hill, 2nd and Grand, site demolished 1949


Box 23 Workman Street House, Northeast Los Angeles, site demolished 1964

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, watercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 30" × 22"

Box 23 Pico House Plaza, Main Street (for Sol Babitz), Cultural Heritage 1952-1953


Box 23 San Francisco, Divisadero and Oaks 1951


Box 24 The Demolition of Los Angeles, sites demolished (with original wallpaper from sites)

1959-1972Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil, and gouache on press board, 33" × 44"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 24 Bradbury Building Memories, 3rd and Broadway, Cultural Heritage 1967-1968Scope and Content NoteSilkscreen collage with cut-out sheet music on watercolor paper laid down, 30 3/4" × 221/2"

Box 24 Verona, Piazza Dante 1970-1973

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil, watercolor, and oil paint on watercolor paper, 27 1/2" × 38 1/2"

Box 24 Los Angeles Main Street, Main Street Phantasy, Cuida 1954-1955

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and gouache on watercolor paper, 27" × 40"


Scope and Content NoteSilkscreen with reverse imagery on watercolor paper laid down, 30 3/4" × 22 1/2"

Box 25, Folder 1 Los Angeles High School, Fragment, demolition scene in progress, site demolished

1949Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 18 1/4" × 15 1/4"

Box 25, Folder 1 Los Angeles City Streets, 3rd and Broadway 1942

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pen, and watercolor on watercolor paper, 17 1/4" × 14 5/8"

Box 25, Folder 1 County Medical Building, Northwest Corner of the Main Street Side of the Present

City Hall Grounds 1946Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and pen on watercolor paper, 17 1/4" × 13 1/4"

Box 25, Folder 1 Los Angeles Lamppost and Pacific Electric Car

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and pen on watercolor paper, 17 1/4" × 13 1/4"

Box 25, Folder 1 Figueroa Neighborhood House, small 1950

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and pen on watercolor paper, 17 1/4" × 13 1/4"

Box 25, Folder 1 Los Angeles Fire House, view from Plaza Street and L.A. Corner 1954

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and pencil on watercolor paper, 25" × 17 1/2"

Box 25, Folder 2 Man with mustache

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 17 3/4" × 11 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 2 Perez Prado (recto), sketch San Francisco house (verso)

Scope and Content NotePencil and ink on paper, 18" × 11 7/8"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 25, Folder 2 Portrait of a womanScope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 17 3/4" × 12"

Box 25, Folder 2 Stravinsky in yellow undated

Scope and Content NotePencil and marker on watercolor paper, 19" × 11"

Box 25, Folder 2 Stravinsky in black


Box 25, Folder 2 Stravinsky in pencil, profile November 18, 1953


Box 25, Folder 3 Right side profile of man undated


Box 25, Folder 3 Mask 1956

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 13" × 16"

Box 25, Folder 3 Profile of man (recto), three-quarter profile of man (verso)

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 12" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 3 Man with mustache on one leg

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 17 3/4" × 11 3/4" (lower right hand corner cut out)

Box 25, Folder 3 Evie (recto), nude woman (verso) undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 19 3/4" × 13"

Box 25, Folder 3 Music #3 1947


Box 25, Folder 4 Beach scene with three women, a baby and a bird

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on paper, 14" × 17"

Box 25, Folder 4 Vienna 1962

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on paper, 12" × 16 1/2"

Box 25, Folder 4 Plaza 1945-1948

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on paper, 15" × 18"

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Box 25, Folder 4 Musicians sketched on the backs of bank checksScope and Content NotePencil on bank checks taped to paper, 14 5/8" × 11 3/8"

Box 25, Folder 4 Portrait: Bob Craft and sketch of two men 1956


Box 25, Folder 4 Sol Babitz at TV October 11, 1956

Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 13" × 10" (folded)

Box 25, Folder 5 Blue and red landscape

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on craft paper, 11 3/4" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 5 Cliffs and cove with sailboats

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on craft paper, 12 1/2" × 13 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 5 Staircase, arches and columns 1972

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on paper, 11 3/4" × 15 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 5 Residenz Palace

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on paper, 11 3/4" × 15 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 5 Londres 1974

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on crate paper, 15" × 12.5"

Box 25, Folder 5 Red and Green landscape undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on craft paper, 12 3/4" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 6 Jack's Turkish Baths

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and watercolor on watercolor paper, 15 1/4" × 11"

Box 25, Folder 6 Light House Mission undated


Box 25, Folder 6 Ischia 1974


Box 25, Folder 6 Street scene, merchant shops in color

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 12" × 18"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 25, Folder 6 Downtown Los Angeles street scene at Hotel Rosslyn undatedScope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on paper, 12" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 6 Sketches of faces undated


Box 25, Folder 7 Sketch of lampposts, unfinished 1953

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 15" × 11" (folded)

Box 25, Folder 7 Street scene with woman and man at Engine 23


Box 25, Folder 7 Woman in coat 1955

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on paper, 12" × 11 1/2"

Box 25, Folder 7 Sketch of cathedral, unfinished undated


Box 25, Folder 7 Los Angeles, houses


Box 25, Folder 7 Rooftops, antennas and phone wires 1954

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on paper, 11 1/4" × 15 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 8 Hollywood collage, sketches 1955


Box 25, Folder 8 Multiple sketches of houses and trees

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on watercolor paper, 12 1/2" × 17" (upper right corner cutout)

Box 25, Folder 8 Victorian houses in red 1956

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 18" × 12"

Box 25, Folder 8 Main Street, Good Fellow's Grotto 1954


Box 25, Folder 8 Face, sketch

Scope and Content NotePen and ink on paper, 15" × 10"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 25, Folder 8 San Francisco housesScope and Content NotePencil on paper, 18" × 12"

Box 25, Folder 9 Rural landscape with highway

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil, 12" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 9 Vase and flowers

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on paper, 18 1/2" × 12"

Box 25, Folder 9 Seaside buildings with arches

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 12"x 18"

Box 25, Folder 9 Street scene with hotels 1956


Box 25, Folder 9 Houses, car and pasture with two people 1942-1943


Box 25, Folder 9 Tucson street scene

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on watercolor paper, 13 1/2" by 10"

Box 25, Folder 10 Corner of abandoned building interior undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on paper, 18" × 12"

Box 25, Folder 10 Green and brown figure standing in front of white arch and vases 1955

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on paper, 15" × 12"

Box 25, Folder 10 Rocking chair on outdoor porch with arches undated


Box 25, Folder 10 Rural landscape with trees in foreground


Box 25, Folder 10 Rural landscape with road and telephone wires

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on paper, 12" × 18'

Box 25, Folder 10 Rural landscape with trees and lake


6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 25, Folder 10 Right handScope and Content NoteOil paint on paper, 12" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 11 Flowering tree


Box 25, Folder 11 Face in pink

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and watercolor on paper, 15" × 19 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 11 Street scene with lampposts and telephone poles, Fog Horse Liquors at left undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 15" × 19 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 11 Beach scene with five people

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on paper, 12" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 11 Dancing people in blue and green

Scope and Content NoteWater color and pencil on paper, 15" × 18" (torn on left side)

Box 25, Folder 12 Woman dancing with green background 1942

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on paper, 14 1/2" × 15 3/4"

Box 25, Folder 12 European street with buildings and trees undated

Scope and Content NoteOil paint on board, 12" × 16 1/4"

Box 25, Folder 12 Three standing figures

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and oil paint on paper, 18" × 14"

Box 25, Folder 12 Factory scene with telephone poles and cyclist

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on paper, 15" × 18"

Box 25, Folder 12 Piper's Opera street scene

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil, 5 1/2" × 20 1/2"

Box 25, Folder 12 Woman in front of Wayman Hotel street scene 1955


Box 25, Folder 12 Jazz Man Records

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on paper, 14 3/4" × 20"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 25, Folder 13 Figure drawings, early works undatedScope and Content NotePencil on paper, 15 items

Box 25, Folder 14 Figure drawings, early works undated

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 15 items

Box 25, Folder 15 Figure drawings, early works undated


Box 25, Folder 16 Prints of Pueblo

Scope and Content Note10 items


Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and watercolor on watercolor paper (original illustration), 30 3/4" × 221/2"

Box 26 Rome, Trinita dei Monti 1977

Scope and Content NotePencil, watercolor, and gouache on artist board, 28" × 39"

Box 26 Verona 1970-1973

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and watercolor on artist board

Box 27 Italian Scene, Montage of Cremona 1970-1972

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on watercolor paper (on board), 27" × 24"

Box 28 Campidoglio plaza undated


Box 28 10 minutes June 7, 1960


Box 28 House, tree and telephone pole, unfinished undated


Box 28 Palm trees and buildings in background 1970


Box 28 Victorian house, unfinished undated

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on watercolor paper, 22" × 30"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 28 Freiburg 1963Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 30" × 22"

Box 28 Unknown building with spires, unfinished

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 28 1/2" × 20"

Box 28 Hotel des Grands Hommes, unfinished undated


Box 28 Venice ca. 1941-1955

Scope and Content NoteInk on paper, Ink on paper, 10 1/2" × 8 1/4"

Box 28 Carroll Street House, Cultural Heritage 1964

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink on watercolor paper, 30" × 22"

Box 28 Sunset and Hill Street, site demolished 1957


Box 28 Regensburg April 17, 1962

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and oil paint on watercolor paper, 22" × 27"

Box 28 Paris Cathedral 1963

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, and gouache on watercolor paper, 22" × 30"

Box 28 Paris 1963


Box 28 Victorian houses on a hill

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 19 1/2" × 22"

Box 28 Andersen Victorian house with trees 1957

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 22 1/4" × 30 3/4"

Box 28 Two men with piano and violin February 22, 1960


Box 28 A View of Perez Prado December 1953

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on watercolor paper, 22 1/4" × 15 1/4"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 28 Scene of Europe undatedScope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 20" × 30 1/2"

Box 28 Two women in green blouses with drinks undated

Scope and Content NoteOil paint on stretched canvas on cardboard, 23 1/2" × 18 3/4"

Box 28 Bridge scene with buildings in background undated


Box 28 Unknown Cathedral 1962

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and watercolor on watercolor paper, 15 1/2" × 15 3/4"

Box 28 Boyle Heights

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink on watercolor paper, 15" × 20"

Box 28 Los Angeles Lugo House 1950

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on watercolor paper, 14 3/4" × 20"

Box 28 Dr. Blass' 1944


Box 28 Four-legged green and purple man 1942


Box 28 Castelar and Ord

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on cardboard, 16 1/4" × 20"

Box 28 Postscape 2 undated


Box 28 Man sitting, sketch June 14, 1960


Box 28 Building interior, partly demolished undated


Box 29, Folder 1 Back of woman sitting undated


6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 29, Folder 1 Original LA High School 1873-1949Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on paper, 13" × 8"

Box 29, Folder 1 Victorian house in five colors 1952


Box 29, Folder 1 Bridge and buildings undated

Scope and Content NoteOil paint on watercolor paper, 9 1/2" × 11 3/4"

Box 29, Folder 1 Gothic archways

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, oil paint and pencil on watercolor paper, 9 1/2" × 7 1/4"

Box 29, Folder 1 Amsterdam 1962


Box 29, Folder 2 Men on park benches 1942

Scope and Content NotePen, pencil and watercolor on paper, 10 1/2" × 10"

Box 29, Folder 2 Orange columns and arches

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and watercolor on watercolor paper, 12 1/2" × 10"

Box 29, Folder 2 Girl with Crucifix 1955


Box 29, Folder 2 City Lights Number 5 1953

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on paper, 9" × 10 3/4"

Box 29, Folder 2 Cubist house in blue


Box 29, Folder 2 Portrait 1955


Box 29, Folder 3 Man playing classical bass 1955


Box 29, Folder 3 Catalog Melrose & Stratis


6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 29, Folder 3 Cello undatedScope and Content NoteWatercolor on paper, 12" × 9"

Box 29, Folder 3 Man with scarf and book undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 11" × 6 1/2"

Box 29, Folder 3 City Lights table of contents (unfinished) 1953

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 9" × 10 3/4"

Box 29, Folder 3 Marigold

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on paper, 11 1/2" × 4 3/4"

Box 29, Folder 4 Man in red with scarf and book


Box 29, Folder 4 Woman dancing 1955


Box 29, Folder 4 Palm trees and pink sky


Box 29, Folder 4 Desert Shrubs undated


Box 29, Folder 4 Purple and brown landscape undated


Box 29, Folder 4 Collage, teacup, fly, vegetables, triangles undated


Box 29, Folder 5 Berlin Synagogue

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink on watercolor paper, 9" × 10 1/2"

Box 29, Folder 5 Violet and Goldie Mae 1944

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 10 1/8" × 12 1/2"

Box 29, Folder 5 Over the Seine 1933

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on paper matted to envelope, 10" × 13"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 29, Folder 5 Palm tree and street corner with cars and telephone polesScope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on paper, 14" × 11"

Box 29, Folder 5 Woman and vegetable stand


Box 29, Folder 6 Nicole R., profile of woman

Scope and Content NotePencil on card stock, 6" × 9"

Box 29, Folder 6 Grubbing

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on watercolor paper, 13 1/8" × 7 7/8"

Box 29, Folder 6 Two people talking in Hamburg

Scope and Content NoteInk on paper,

Box 29, Folder 6 Miguel


Box 29, Folder 6 Sol Babitz in Ojai, profile 1955


Box 29, Folder 6 Three women in hats January 4, 1962


Box 29, Folder 7 Woman in a red jacket at a hotel


Box 29, Folder 7 Two men at a bar, Neinhaus, Gottingen January 6, 1962


Box 29, Folder 7 Reeperbahn, Hamburg January 4, 1962


Box 29, Folder 7 Woman playing recorder undated


Box 29, Folder 7 Albani Bier, Gottingen

Scope and Content NoteInk on paper,

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 29, Folder 7 Mme EhlersScope and Content NotePencil on paper, 8 7/8" × 11 7/8"

Box 29, Folder 8 Two faces, unfinished, Hamburg


Box 29, Folder 8 John Crown playing piano


Box 29, Folder 8 Man playing violin in color

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on card stock, 9 1/2" × 6 1/2"

Box 29, Folder 8 Conductor and orchestra, sketch


Box 29, Folder 8 Man at slot machine

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper, 12 1/4" × 9 1/2" (folded)

Box 29, Folder 8 Man reclined, reading


Box 29, Folder 9 Nadia Boulanger

Scope and Content NotePencil on card stock, 9" × 7"

Box 29, Folder 9 Man playing violin, sketch


Box 29, Folder 9 18th Century Music


Box 29, Folder 9 Portrait of man with mustache, sketch


Box 29, Folder 9 Lili Kraus

Scope and Content NotePencil on paper (folded flier) 6" × 9"

Box 29, Folder 9 Dem Devil Grass Blues

Scope and Content NotePencil on card stock, 11" × 8 1/2"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 29, Folder 10 Profile outline of a man, unfinishedScope and Content NotePencil on paper, 11 7/8" × 8 7/8"

Box 29, Folder 10 Profile of woman at table


Box 29, Folder 10 Chico Rivera

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on paper, 12 1/2" × 7"

Box 29, Folder 10 Wingy Manone jazz scene

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and pencil on paper, 9 1/4" × 8 1/4"

Box 29, Folder 10 Monteverdi Bob Craft 1955


Box 29, Folder 10 Six faces, sketch undated


Box 29, Folder 11 Figure drawings, early works


Box 29, Folder 12 Prints of County Medical Building


Box 30 Prints of Sunset and Hill Street Los Angeles 1957

Scope and Content Note4 Items

Box 30 Unknown European buildings, outline, unfinished undated


Box 30 Chiesa san Petronio, Bologna 1978


Box 30 Edam, Van Gogh October 8, 1961


Box 30 Two religious figures, gothic style undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and oil paint on watercolor paper, 18" × 24"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 30 Chapel TubingenScope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 26" × 19 1/2"

Box 30 Sorrento 1974

Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 20" × 24 3/4"

Box 30 Prints of Los Angeles northeast corner of 4th and Main 1964


Box 30 Italian scene, unknown cathedral 1970-1973

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 22 1/2" × 26"

Box 30 Bonn 1963


Box 30 Cathedral spires October 6, 1961


Box 30 European buildings undated


Box 30 Deo Gloria, unfinished undated


Box 30 Mittenwald 1962


Box 30 Gold brushstrokes and splatter undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 19 1/2" × 25 1/2"

Box 30 Luneberg October 13, 1961


Box 30 Arches in a dome building, interior, unfinished undated


Box 30 Colosseum 1963

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 19 1/2" × 20 1/2"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 30 Road, telephone poles and trees undatedScope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 15 1/4" × 22"

Box 30 European street scene outline undated


Box 30 Wussenbuttel 1961


Box 30 St. Stephan's Wien

Scope and Content NotePencil on watercolor paper, 27" × 21 /12"

Box 30 Cathedral roof top, unfinished undated


Box 30 Burgtor, Lubeck undated


Box 30 Stone arch undated

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, watercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 24" × 18"

Box 30 Cathedral in orange, red and green

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and oil paint on watercolor paper, 30 1/2" × 22 1/4"

Box 30 View From Besagon Champre undated


Box 30 European buildings, outline, unfinished 1963


Box 30 Cathedral undated


Box 30 United States Capitol undated


Box 30 European buildings in color undated

Scope and Content NoteWatercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 21 3/4" × 27"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 30 People in orange and yellow (recto) people in orange and yellow (verso) undatedScope and Content NoteWatercolor on watercolor paper, 27" × 16 1/2" (folded)

Box 31 Los Angeles Scene 12 1945-1946

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and watercolor, 15 1/4" × 22 1/4"

Box 31 Victorian corner house in white pink and blue 1957

Scope and Content NotePencil and chalk on paper, 18 1/4" × 2 1/4"

Box 31 Victorian house in yellow, green and brown 1957

Scope and Content NotePencil and chalk on paper, 19" × 24 3/4"

Box 31 Trees, lamppost, arches and purple stairs 1957

Scope and Content NotePencil and chalk, 18" × 24"

Box 31 Rural scene with houses, road, trees and mountains February 1956


Box 31 Undefined building undated


Box 31 Sunday Morning, Central at 12th St. 1942


Box 31 Hollywood Freeway Scene 1953


Box 31 LA Street Scene, Sunset near Silverlake undated


Box 31 Palm trees in green, blue and purple


Box 31 Rectangular wood home, woman in window, and sidewalk 1942


Box 31 Trees in yellow and green undated

Scope and Content NotePencil and chalk, 20" × 26"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 31 Los Angeles #12 1945-1955Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 15" × 22 1/2"

Box 31 Il Duomo Parma


Box 31 Piazza Erbe Mantova 1978


Box 31 Piazza Geribaldi Parma 1978


Box 31 Unknown cathedral, interior 1970

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 18" × 21 1/2"

Box 31 Bar Giuseppe 1974


Box 31 Arched doorway undated


Box 31 Statue of man on horse and building with arches in background undated


Box 31 Hillside buildings, bill board and palm trees 1957

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on watercolor paper, 22" × 29 3/4"

Box 31 Lamppost with buildings 1950-1957

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink and pencil on watercolor paper, 22" × 10 3/4"

Box 31 Victorian house scene with woman in pink and man in blue undated


Box 31 Street scene with lampposts in brown, green and red 1955


Box 31 Park scene with six people 1948

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, pencil and watercolor on paper, 14 1/2" × 19 1/2"

6. Artwork ca. 1930-1980


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Box 31 Grubbing #3, Los Angeles Scene #22 1948Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink on paper 14 1/2" × 19 1/2"

Box 31 European buildings with stairways and water fountain undated


Box 31 Building and parked cars, unfinished undated

Scope and Content NotePencil and ink on paper, 22 1/2" × 24 1/2" (tears and folds on left side)

Box 31 LA, Vermont and Fifth (Diamond Auto Sale) 1955


Box 31 Dr. Blass' Office


Box 31 Jack's Turkish Baths 1955

Scope and Content NoteCrow quill and ink, watercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, 22 1/4" × 12"

Box 31 Two houses and man on porch steps 1957

Scope and Content NotePencil and watercolor on illustration board, 22" × 30"

Box 32 Prints of Bradbury Building


Box 32 Prints of Watts Towers


Box 33 Prints of Bunker Hill, 2nd and Grand


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