Explore the Era

Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.

De Wain Valentine Studio

In the 1960s, artist De Wain Valentine moved his studio to this location in Venice, California, in order to have a bigger space in which to fabricate his large-scale sculptures.

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Works of Art

  • Red Concave Circle

    Red Concave Circle, 1970, De Wain Valentine. Cast polyester resin. 96 x 96 x 12 in. Bank of America Collection. © De Wain Valentine. Photo: Harry Drinkwater

  • Gray Column

    Gray Column, 1975–76, De Wain Valentine. Polyester resin. 140 x 87 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Lent by De Wain Valentine. Artwork © De Wain Valentine

Explore the Archive

  • Video: Jack Brogan

    Video: Jack Brogan speaks about working with Los Angeles artists, June 2011

  • De Wain Valentine polishing Gray Column

    De Wain Valentine polishing Gray Column in 1976. © De Wain Valentine. Photo courtesy of De Wain Valentine

  • De Wain Valentine in His Studio

    De Wain Valentine in his Venice studio with one of his eight-foot Circle polyester pieces, 1970s. Artwork © De Wain Valentine. Photo © Harry Drinkwater

  • De Wain Valentine and studio assistants

    De Wain Valentine and two of his studio assistants, Chris D'Arcangelo (left) and Keith Anderson (right), 1975–76. Photo © Cathy Weiner

  • Slideshow: De Wain Valentine's process of creating Gray Column

    Slideshow: De Wain Valentine’s process of creating Gray Column, 1975–76. © De Wain Valentine. First, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th photo by and © Cathy Weiner; 2nd and 3rd photo by Sean Valentine