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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
 Curious why they would send this with no explanation? Did they include it because this was another Katz mural that was also located in Los Angeles?
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I've totally lost track of what's going on. "Youth Arisen" is described in the record as being a large central panel (the one we've all seen in the photos) with two smaller side panels (one of which we've seen).
I just got this follow-up email from Katz' granddaughter at the Leo Katz Foundation which I find perplexing. I do not think we are talking about the same mural:
"...Leo took photos extensively of this mural and this slide is one depicting a classroom. I sent this on purpose to give you a feel for how extensive this mural is. Please be patient as we need some time to go through the archives and be sure all the photos first are for this mural and not another mural -and then get them digitized. Then at some point we can find a sketch of the building and figure out where the photos were taken. We also have Leos notes describing the different sections of the mural and their meaning. We also have every newspaper clipping and appeal letter sent to the school board to try and save it.
Right now the foundation is finishing up a project where we cataloged the 26 prints Leo did ( which I will share with you soon! ) and our curators are just starting on the 5 murals research. We have completed our 501c3 and we are all volunteers. We are seeking out grants to assist us in our research projects and perhaps there are some grants you can guide us to that would be mural related.
I appreciate any efforts you can assist us with in our researching of Leos place in the mural world and to document his important work in this area. Leo did many things in his career but murals were his favorite. His work ended in murals because he was unable to find commissions, the work was physically difficult/expensive and he was heartbroken that this mural was destroyed. Leo enjoyed painting at this large scale and making a statement with his work.
we will start following up on the leads that you gave us to see if the panels are in a governmental archive / warehouse somewhere and we look forward to discussing the murals with you more!
thank you again"