Julius Shulman
Installation of Mitten’s Display Letters in Bretano’s new modern store located on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 3” Tempar Sandback Letters cemented to ledge facing.

Installation of Mitten’s Display Letters in Bretano’s new modern store located on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 3” Tempar Sandback Letters cemented to ledge facing.

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Installation of Mitten’s Display Letters in Bretano’s new modern store located on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 3” Tempar Sandback Letters cemented to ledge facing.
Installation of Mitten’s Display Letters in Bretano’s new modern store located on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 3” Tempar Sandback Letters cemented to ledge facing.
ArtistAmerican, 1910–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Installation of Mitten’s Display Letters in Bretano’s new modern store located on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 3” Tempar Sandback Letters cemented to ledge facing.
Date1949
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.8 × 23.8 cm)
 Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Judy Nyquist
Object number2020.329
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRandy Regier; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on negative, recto, lower right: COPYRIGHT 1949 MITTEN’S DISPLAY LETTERS
Inscribed in black ink, recto, bottom right: OP-107
Printed in black on applied label, verso, upper left: M-2-1 [crossed out in pencil] // MDL-107 [pencil] // Installation of MITTEN’S // DISPLAY LETTERS in Bretano’s new // modern store located on Wilshire // Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. // 3” Tempar Sandback Letters // cemented to ledge facing.
Inscribed in black ink, verso, top center edge: L-DB-12 [crossed out in pencil]

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