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The Boost, Culver City, California

The Boost, Culver City, California
The Boost, Culver City, California
The Boost, Culver City, California
ArtistAmerican, 1913–2013
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Boost, Culver City, California
Date1950s
Place depictedCulver City, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (46.4 × 37.5 cm)
 Mount: 18 5/8 × 15 in. (47.3 × 38.1 cm)
 Mat: 24 × 20 1/4 in. (61 × 51.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Pilara Family Foundation
Object number2024.950
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Michael Shapiro Photography, San Francisco]; purchased by Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, 2006; given to MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition History"L.A. Unstaged: Three Decades of Folk Photography by Joe Schwartz", Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, December 1, 2005–April 2, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed, titled & dated in pencil, on mount verso

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