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Original 1950s signed sepia print Fred Dapprich LA Bullocks Wilshire building - measures 16.5" by 12.5"!

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An original vintage 1950s signed sepia print of the Bullocks Wilshire building by famed LA photographer Fred Dapprich. Los Angeles based Fred R. Dapprich billed himself as a Pictorial Photographer who specialized in architectural, advertising and portrait photography. He was associated with other Los Angeles art photographers such as Milton Inman and is known to have photographed the Louise and Walter Arensberg foyer with sculptures by Brancusi, the dancer Zora, and for the Automobile Club of Southern California. "Fred Dapprich was a very well known man. He worked with Rudolf M. Schindler and some of the early architects. And Harwell H. Harris, too, for that matter -- because I remember seeing his name when I was first beginning association with these architects...the architectural photographers of that period were mostly specialists in interiors - and exteriors, of course, too - but they were good. They were the forerunners of some of the work that was done in later years." (Julius Shulman interview, 1990 Jan. 12 - Feb. 3, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution). This print is of the famous Bullocks Wilshire building which is an Art Deco landmark in Los Angeles. Bullocks Wilshire, located at 3050 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, is a 230,000-square-foot Art Deco building. The building opened in September 1929 as a luxury department store for owner John G. Bullock. Bullocks Wilshire was also the name of the department store chain of which the Los Angeles store was the flagship. This print measures 16.5" by 12.5" at outer edges. Stamped signature at back reads, "Fred R. Dapprich, Photographer, Los Angeles 26 California, "Pictures that Glorify" ". This photo will have to ship flat in an envelope between cardboard to protect it. In excellent vintage condition.
May 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM