Julius Shulman – “May Company Department Store.” Los Angeles, Ca. A. C. Martin. 1948

Description

Photographer: Julius Shulman

Subject: May Company Department Store

Architect: A. C. Martin

Location: Los Angeles, California

Job: 367

Year: 1948

For Libbey Owens Glass Company.

*This print is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity authorized by the Julius Shulman Trust and Photographic Archives.

Built in 1939, the May Company Building was located on the Miracle Mile in the Wilshire district of Los Angeles. The building was owned by the May Company from its beginning till 1992. It is now owned by the “LACMA WEST” to be used as an exhibition space for the museum. The current plan is for the building to be remodeled and used by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in 2020.

Silver Gelatin print: Unframed. Paper size: 20″ x 24″ (50.8 cm. x 60.96 cm.)  Image size: 16″ x 20″ (40.64 cm. x 50.8 cm.)

Shulman’s studio stamp and signature on verso.

Signed by Julius Shulman at his Hollywood Hills Studio.

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

This Julius Shulman image came from Shulman’s Hollywood Hills studio.