Date
1929
Location
The Casino's Avalon Theatre
1 Casino Way
Avalon
Media Notes
Designed by John Gabriel Beckman. Executed by Emil Kosa. Jr., Aloyous Bohnen, Vyseled Ulianoff, Alexander Kiss, Eugene de Goncz.
Description
Nine panels of underwater marine life including a mermaid encircle the loggia's inside walls. They are painted directly on the concrete. Around the dome, within the auditorium in an Art Deco style, are local flora and fauna, scenes of early California, and abstract designs. They were painted on a burlap-like material with extra-fine ground pigments in a flatene medium (used as a binder by printers). On a seashell carried by seahorses, Venus rises from the the waves. She is the central figure above the proscenium arch. Inside the arch are other figures as well as a map of Catalina.
zed tile, 7'4" x 6'5".
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