Poster for the exhibition New Painting of Common Objects at the Pasadena Art Museum, 1962. Wood-type letterpress on paper. 42 3/8 x 28 in. Image courtesy of the Ed Ruscha Studio

Stephan von Huene with Tap Dancer (1967) in Düsseldorf, 1975. Image courtesy of and © Dr. Petra Kipphoff von Huene

Interior view of Barbara Byrnes's American Contemporary Gallery in Hollywood in the late 1940s. Image courtesy of James Byrnes

Billy Al Bengston’s studio on Mildred Street in Venice, California, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston

Ron Miyashiro in front of one of his paintings, ca. 1961. Courtesy of the artist and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. © Ron Miyashiro

Rani Singh, Getty Research Institute, conducts an oral history interview with Ron Miyashiro in 2010. Art © Ron Miyashiro

Ed Moses and Frank Gehry in Greece, 1975. Image courtesy of Ed Moses and Frank Gehry

Craig Kauffman in Billy Al Bengston's studio in the 1960s. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston

Frederick Eversley polishing one of his sculptures, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Frederick Eversley

Frederick Eversley in his studio, 1971. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and the Frank J. Thomas Archives

Henry Takemoto and Peter Voulkos in front of Takemoto's mural at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, 1959. Image courtesy of Henry Takemoto

An exhibition at Billy Al Bengston’s Artist Studio, with works by Ed Ruscha, Peter Alexander, and John McCracken, 1970. Image courtesy of Billy Al Bengston

John Baldessari in 1960. Image courtesy of John Baldessari

John Baldessari in the late 1960s. Image courtesy of John Baldessari

John Baldessari (left) at the opening of his exhibition at the Molly Barnes Gallery in Los Angeles, 1968. Photo by Phillip T. Jones and courtesy of John Baldessari. © Phillip T. Jones