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The Modern Moves West: California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century (The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America)
The Modern Moves West California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century - The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Author: Richard Candida Smith
In 1921 Sam Rodia, an Italian laborer and tile setter, started work on an elaborate assemblage in the backyard of his home in Watts, California. The result was an iconic structure now known as the Watts Towers. Rodia created a work that was original, even though the resources available to support his project were virtually nonexistent. Each of h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812241884
ISBN-10: 0812241886
Publication Date: 9/10/2009
Pages: 264
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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