Artist Leo Katz and his attorney James M. Sheridan, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Artist Leo Katz and his attorney James M. Sheridan, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

September 1935

Date

1935-09

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Mooted Mural Removed From School Lobby Wall," Los Angeles Times, 04 Sep 1935: A1.
James Sheridan and Leo Katz look at each other, holding a piece of paper between them.
The mural depicting war as an evil force that was painted for the Frank Wiggins Trade School by Leo Katz has been removed by Gertrude Rounsavelle, president of the board, and Margaret Clark, member, who were offended by the mural. Katz said, "It's an affront to the American public that works of art should be subjected to the haphazard censorship of persons who accidentally happen to be in office."

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Leo Katz 9/3/35 James M. Sheridan
Text from negative sleeve: 1998 - Attorney James M. Sheridan Leo Katz (painter) 9/3/35 [stamped:] Sep 8 - 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Sheridan, James MacDermott, 1876-1950
Katz, Leo, 1887-1982

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Painters (Artists)--American--California--Los Angeles