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Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Larry C. Kephart Christopher Street West collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-111
Abstract Christopher Street West slogan selection records, button designs, and drafts of the anthem for the 1982 Los Angeles pride parade and festival. Larry C. Kephart served as a board member and treasurer of Christopher Street West during the 1980s.Photographs of the Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE); photograph fair entries; collections of original erotic artwork, ranging from prints, drawings, and greeting cards; and related ephemera like certificates of...
Dates: 1982-2008

Gerhard and Marianne Pinkus papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6122
Abstract Gerhard and Marianne Pinkus emigrated from Germany to Los Angeles in the 1930s and began to collect art in the 1940s. After accumulating a small collection of choice (and sometimes rare) finds, Gerhard and Marianne became a major force in the Los Angeles art world, especially in regard to their primary interest: Marc Chagall. Though they focused mainly on Chagall, the Pinkuses collected drawings, lithographs, and paintings by many other artists from various periods, with some emphasis on...
Dates: 1859-2005; Majority of material found in 1920s-1970s