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Artist/Maker
Paul Almasy
(French-Hungarian, 1906 – 2003)
Datec. 1958
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 9 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (23.8 × 27.3 cm)
Image: 9 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (23.8 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.4
Not on view
DescriptionBoom In California: For ten years a migration has taken place within the borders of the United States. Surprisingly this has been little talked about in Europe as this migration is one of the most striking phenomenons in American life. Day by day, for about the past 8 years, 2,500 people have arrived in California from other states within the country. About half are headed for Los Angeles, the other half are spreading to other places along the Pacific coast. San Francisco also attracts a considerable number of these migrants. This means that the population of California increases by approximately 800,000 people from one year to the next, an unprecedented demographic surge in the USA. Norris Poulson, mayor of Los Angeles. The growth of this city has set a world record over the past ten years, 1958 - Paul Almasy
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Additional Details
Markings
Verso, top right corner (blue ink stamp): "NORSK PRESSE SERVICE A/S / NPS"
Verso, top right corner (purple ink stamp): "MENTION OBLIGATORE / Reportage Almasy"
Verso, center (upside down blue ink stamp): "LYNX / AGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA PRESSE / 142, Rue Montmartre - PARIS-2e / Tel. CENtral 62-56 / R.C. Seine 57 A 12.978"
Verso, center (purple ink stamp): "PHOTO ALMASY"
Verso, top right corner (purple ink stamp): "MENTION OBLIGATORE / Reportage Almasy"
Verso, center (upside down blue ink stamp): "LYNX / AGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA PRESSE / 142, Rue Montmartre - PARIS-2e / Tel. CENtral 62-56 / R.C. Seine 57 A 12.978"
Verso, center (purple ink stamp): "PHOTO ALMASY"
Inscribed
Verso, top left corner (pencil): "PAL-2297"
Verso, top right corner (black ink): "Hollywood"
Verso, bottom center (pencil): "13"
Verso, top right corner (black ink): "Hollywood"
Verso, bottom center (pencil): "13"
Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Date: 2018
Medium: Pigment print with silkscreen diamond dust and gold foil
Object number: 2020.1
Lorna Simpson
Date: 1996
Medium: Portfolio of 21 photogravures with text printed on 30C (300 lbs.) Somerset paper.
Object number: 2016.11
Sharon Lockhart
Date: 2008
Medium: Three chromogenic prints
Object number: 2014.1.a-c
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5