Some of Macdonald-Wright's Designs for the WPA/FAP
Slides by James M. Wechsler
- Products of Nature and Inventions of Man, 1937, mosaic, facade of Hooper Avenue School auditorium. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 374 K
- Early California, 1937, mosaic, in hall outside auditorium, Thomas E. Edison Middle School. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 326 K
- Nord, Macdonald-Wright and King, Recreations of Long Beach, 1936-38, mosaic, formerly Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 449 K
- Detail from Recreations of Long Beach. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 519 K
- Detail from Recreations of Long Beach. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 544 K
- Detail from Recreations of Long Beach. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 548 K
- Detail from Recreations of Long Beach showing Macdonald-Wright's Chow dogs, Yang and Ming. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 559 K
- Detail from fig. 7, clearly showing texturalized tile patterns. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 520 K
- Entry of the Gods into Valhalla, signed and dated 1938, large drawing used to guide artists painting the Santa Monica High School theater curtain. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 310 K
- Landing of the Vikings in Vinland, 1939, mosaic in lobby of Barnum Hall theater at Santa Monica High School. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 313 K
- Evolution of Writing, 1938-39, mosaic on the facade of former South Gate Public Library. (Now Community Center; there is an effort to landmark the building but there has also been talk of moving the mosaic and demolishing the building.) S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 327 K
- Detail of Evolution of Writing showing cuneiform writing from Code of Hammurabi. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 427 K
- Detail of Evolution of Writing showing Egyptian Hieroglyphics. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 409 K
- Detail of Evolution of Writing showing the upper half of the Persian and Chinese figures. S L I D E | F U L L V I E W 377 K
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