Comments on: Family Portrait

By: Mark Seldis

Mark Seldis — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:09:49 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I’ve seen it reproduced before, but never realized my father was in it (Henry Seldis), seated next to Art Seidenbaum if Joanne is correct.

By: Los Angeles Real Estate Featured - Where’s Waldo? Er, We Mean Gehry

Los Angeles Real Estate Featured - Where’s Waldo? Er, We Mean Gehry — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:28:46 +0000

[...] Today’s cheekily-titled Unframed post, “Family Portrait” throws up a little bit of ephemera/history from February 1968 – a photo of 45 artists on the museum’s steps. Included in the photo are Ed Ruscha, Robert Irwin, Judy Chicago, Claes Oldenberg, Thornton Ladd, and yes, Frank Gehry. “The occasion was to document, for posterity, an exhibition of Los Angeles County artists’ works that was to go on view in Sacramento’s capitol building later that summer.” Unframed has been able to identify 30 of the 45 artists, who come from a variety of media, including painting, architecture, sculpture, fashion, film and graphic design. Can you name the rest? [...]

By: Laurel

Laurel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:32:46 +0000

Is there a higher resolution version of the photo, where one could “zoom in”, and where names are next to identified people? Hard to see this small. Isn’t one of them Maurice Tuchman?

By: marshallastor.com » Artists on the Front Steps of LACMA, 1968

marshallastor.com » Artists on the Front Steps of LACMA, 1968 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:56:39 +0000

[...] LACMA’s Scott Tennent put up the above image from the museum’s archives, featuring 45 LA art world folks on LACMA’s front steps, taken in February 1968. They can’t identify 15 of the subjects, so maybe you can help out, or you can just read the interesting story of the photo over at Unframed. [...]

By: marshall

marshall — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:48:35 +0000

Thanks for sharing this photo – great post. Apparently LA’s fascination with hipsters as artists and artists as hipsters is seemingly cyclical and perpetual.

By: Donald Frazell

Donald Frazell — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:24:31 +0000

Now THATS a dated photo. About as relevant to todays world, or of its own, as Michael Jacksons career. If you weren’t of it at the time, its pretty silly stuff. One of those, had to have been there, things.

Now, can we get down to art, and why it has meaning and purpose? certainly not in this photo of its pop stars. Hello, Hellloooo? Nope, still empty.

art collegia delenda est

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:35:39 +0000

I think Art Seidenbaum–who was my professor at Immaculate Heart College a couple of years after this picture was taken, and a frequenter of many a wine-soaked student party–is the balding guy in the suit sitting on the steps at front right. I also babysat Ed Ruscha’s son occasionally during those years, so thanks for the memories!

By: niksokowa

niksokowa — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:30:14 +0000

What a photo- capturing so many great artists in the midst of their creative genius coming into the world.

By: Leah Welborn

Leah Welborn — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:28:29 +0000

I love this – both the picture and the article. Thank you so much for posting.

By: zack

zack — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:17 +0000

penny little? … really?