Dean Cornwell painting a mural below the rotunda at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1932
![Dean Cornwell painting a mural below the rotunda at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1932](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002d4m54/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
Item Overview
- Title
- Dean Cornwell painting a mural below the rotunda at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1932
- Photographer
- Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
- Date Created
- 1932
- Date
- 1932
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Notes
- Description
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Dean Cornwell was an American painter and illustrator who was prominent in the early 20th century. His works include illustrations for Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Good Housekeeping. He also painted several other murals besides those for the L.A. library, including for the locations: the Warwick Hotel New York, 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, and the Sevier State Office Building in Tennessee. He is mentioned in several L.A. Times articles, including one dated June 21, 1931, which covers his research process for the murals for the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library.
Dean Cornwell painting a portion of the "Four Great Eras of California History" mural below the rotunda of the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library. Cornwell is wearing a smock and holding a paintbrush in one hand. Before him on a bench are numerous small mounds of paint. - Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: 2334 p 1 to 14, 1932, Los Angeles Library, Dean Cornwell, Artist, 206 E. 33rd St NY city, Los Angeles Library.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
Keywords
- Genre
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interior views
acetate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
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Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
Los Angeles Public Library. Central Library - Location
- California-Los Angeles
- Longitude
- 34.0507188
- Latitude
- -118.25518090000003
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Murals--California--Los Angeles
Painters (Artists)--American--California--Los Angeles
Libraries--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
2931
uclamss_1300_2931 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002d4m54
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.