Julius Shulman – 5 Prints. “Robinsons May Department Store.” Beverly Hills (Los Angeles) Ca. Pereira & Luckman, Raymond Loewy & Associates. 1952

Description

Photographer:  Julius Shulman

Subject:  Robinsons May Department Store

Location:  Beverly Hills, California

Architect:  Pereira & Luckman (exterior)

Architects: Raymond Loewy & Associates (Interior)

Job:  1306-B

Date: 1952

*These Julius Shulman Prints arrive with a “Certificate of Authenticity” authorized by the “Julius Shulman Trust & Photographic Archives”

“STRIKING ARCHITECTURE AND SOPHISTICATED SMARTNESS” (Los Angeles Times)

Robinson’s Beverly Hills opened on Feb. 13, 1952. Robinson’s Beverly Hills was built at a cost of $6 million. The architect-engineers were Charles O. Matcham, Charles Luckman and William Pereira, an L.A. architect who also designed the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art complex and CBS’ Television City. Raymond Loewy and Associates, designers of the Lucky Strike logo and the  Sears Coldspot refrigerator designed  the interiors. Florence Yoch and Lucile Council designed the gardens.
This symbol of elegance was demolished in 2014 to make room for 234 condominiums.

5  Gelatin Silver Printw: Unframed: 8″ x 10″  (20.32 cm. x 25.4 cm.)
Shulman’s studio stamp & Shulman’s signature on the verso of every print.

Images are in Excellent. Condition Report: Any condition statement is given as an opinion and the condition statement does not imply that these photographs are in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfection or the effects of aging.

These Julius Shulman images came from Shulman’s Hollywood Hills studio.