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.

Ronald Davis Studio

In 1966, artist Ronald Davis purchased an old 1926-era bank building on Pico Boulevard and 4th Avenue as a studio and residence. A number of his important major series, including the shaped, hard-edge resin and fiberglass Slabs, Crabs, and Dodecagons. Davis’s flexible polyester resin and fiberglass series were also developed and made here.

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Works of Art

  • Black Tear

    Black Tear, 1969, Ronald Davis. Molded polyester resin and fiberglass. 60 ½ x 136 in. The Robert A. Rowan Collection, Pasadena, California. © Ronald Davis

Explore the Archive

  • Video: Ronald Davis

    Video: Ronald Davis speaks about his work, June 2011

  • Ronald Davis's studio

    Interior view of Ronald Davis's studio at Pico Boulevard and 4th Avenue in Los Angeles, 1966–72. Photo by Bob Jaye. Courtesy of Ronald Davis

  • Ronald Davis's studio on Pico Boulevard

    Ronald Davis's studio at Pico Boulevard and 4th Avenue in Los Angeles, 1966–72. Photo by Bob Jaye. Courtesy of Ronald Davis