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

Stanley Grinstein, Elyse Grinstein, and Sidney B. Felsen in the 1960s. Image courtesy of Stanley and Elyse Grinstein

• Learn more about Elyse and Stanley Grinstein

Time Periods & Venues

• 1960s

Works of Art

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  Topanga Seed, 1969–70, Wallace Berman. Dolomite rock and transfer letters. 39 x 40 3/4 x 41 in. Collection of the Grinstein Family. Permission courtesy of the Estate of Wallace Berman and Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles

Explore the Archive

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  Video: Making the Scene—find out about the L.A. gallery scene during the postwar years