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.

From the Archive

Ed Moses and Frank Gehry

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

Works of Art

  • Hegemann Wedge

    Hegemann Wedge, 1971, Ed Moses. Powdered pigment, acrylic, and resin on canvas. 96 x 82 in. Collection of Phyllis & John Kleinberg. Image courtesy of and © Ed Moses

  • Dalton's Waffle #1

    Dalton's Waffle #1, 1960, Ed Moses. Crushed newspaper, shellac, and wood. 39 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. Collection of Jim Newman & Jane Ivory. Image courtesy of and © Ed Moses

Explore the Archive

  • Video: Ed Moses

    Video: Ed Moses speaks about his work, November 2009

  • Ed Moses, ca 1966

    Ed Moses, ca. 1966. Image courtesy of Ed Moses. Photo by John Waggaman

  • Resin painting by Ed Moses at Billy Al Bengston’s studio

    A resin painting by Ed Moses in an exhibition at Billy Al Bengston’s Artist Studio, 1970. © Ed Moses. Photo by Billy Al Bengston. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston Art

  • Frank Gehry, Babs Altoon, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, John Altoon, and Tony Berlant

    Frank Gehry, Babs Altoon, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, John Altoon, and Tony Berlant at Culture Day at LACMA (L.A. County Museum of Art), 1968. Photo by and © Julian Wasser. Courtesy of Julian Wasser, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, and Museum Associates/LACMA

  • Poster for The Studs group exhibition

    Poster for The Studs group exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, 1964. Image courtesy of Hal Glicksman

  • Ed Moses with his installation at Mizuno Gallery

    Ed Moses with his installation at Mizuno Gallery, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston

  • Artists outside the Ferus Gallery

    Artists outside the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, 1959. Clockwise from top: Billy Al Bengston, Irving Blum, Ed Moses, and John Altoon. Photo by William Claxton. Courtesy Demont Photo Management, LLC.

  • Los Angeles artists at Culture Day at LACMA, 1968

    Several Los Angeles artists at Culture Day at LACMA (L.A. County Museum of Art), 1968. Photo by and © Julian Wasser.

  • Ed Moses working on a resin painting

    Ed Moses working on a resin painting on the floor of his studio in the early 1970s. Image courtesy of Ed Moses

  • Ed Moses painting on the floor

    Ed Moses painting on the floor of his studio, ca. 1955. Image courtesy of Ed Moses