Visual Materials
Doyle Lane portfolio and Ben Serar photographs
- Description
A portfolio of 16 loose color photographs of Doyle Lane's work, and two compact discs of digital photographs by Ben Serar of Lane working at his studio in 1976, and images of Lane's works. The 16 print photographs include: pottery on exhibit in a display case; Lane's "weed pots"; a glazed tile mural at Golden State Bank, Downey; two portraits of Lane with his works; installation shots of the Pasadena Mutual Savings and Loan tile mural, 1964, commissioned by architect Welton Becket (later reinstalled at The Huntington in 2015); and images of unidentified works.
- Date
- approximately 1960-1979
- Call number
- photCL 730
- Provenance
- Gift of Ben and Heide Serar, July 2024. When Doyle Lane died, one of his sisters retrieved what was left of his property, including his portfolio. When his sister died years later, her son then sold the portfolio to Ben Serar, a photographer and personal friend of Lane's.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- NOT AVAILABLE: Born-digital items: 2 CDs not available for paging until reformatted. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- The copyright of the black and white photographs on the compact discs is held by Ben Serar. Anyone wishing to publish material by Ben Serar must use the following credit: Ben Serar, Serar Photography.
- Associated people
- Lane, Doyle,
- Serar, Ben,
