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Are Palm Trees Native to Southern California?

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From the OC Almanac:
Although the palm tree has come to be symbolic of Southern California, the only truly native palm is the California or Washington palm (Washingtonia filifera). All other varieties were originally imported. Southern California saw a huge surge in palm plantings during the 1920s and 1930s, many of which still line streets in Southern California today.

Palm, Erik Lauritzen, 1981
Photograph, Chromogenic print
LACMA

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Artists: Christopher HillEd MosesEd RushaFrancesco SiqueirosJay McCaffertyJean MilantJill GiegerichJoe GoodeJohn BaldessariKaren CarsonLaddie John DillLari PittmanLita AlbuquerquePeter AlexanderRobert DansbySarah SeagerThaddeus Strode

Tracing the development of Cirrus from its inception in 1970 to the 1990's, the video features many of the artists that worked at Cirrus over the years, including Lita Albuquerque, John Giegerich, Gronk, Lari Pittman, Edward Ruscha, and others. Commentary by master printer Francesco Siqueiros and Cirrus founder Jean Milant offers additional insight into this seminal Los Angeles art institution.

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Submitted by ryanlschubert on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 05:30.

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If you would like a rating: I would give it a ten of ten being the best.

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Submitted by Pixidiom on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 22:40.

Ed Ruscha also has some great intaglio prints at Crown Point Press in SF. I highly recommend checking them out. Here's a cool clip of him talking about making prints:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47RNW6-0OA

I wonder if i can convince Cirrus to give me a tour of the shop when I'm in LA later this month?

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