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.

George Herms Studio

From the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, artist George Herms lived for short periods of time in a variety of rented and borrowed spaces in both Los Angeles and Northern California. These included this address in the neighborhood of Laurel Canyon, which was the home of Dean Stockwell.

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  • George Herms, 1960

    George Herms in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, 1960. Photo by Edmund Teske. Courtesy of and © 1960 Edmund Teske Archives, Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand

  • George Herms, 1960

    George Herms in 1960. Photo by Edmund Teske. Courtesy of and © 1960 Edmund Teske Archives, Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand