Artist:
Address:
1600 N Hudson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028. (click to view)
Size:
25' X 72' ft
Medium:
Acrylic
Date:
1983
Type:
Historic
Portrait
Description / Interpretation:
Portraits (from left to right) of Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Bette Davis, James Dean, and Clark Gable.The mural was destroyed in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The Mural Conservancy and the Hollywood Arts Council have assisted Torrez in retrieving fragments of the mural and sponsoring a new version of it in a new location in Hollywood. Photo © Eloy Torrez.