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Recto: a figure sits at a desk looking at a condom with a row of models of the penis surrounded by random images including a robot, a television, a figure on a skateboard; advertisement by ArtReach for Prototypes, a Center for Innovation in health, mental health and social services. Colour lithograph by John Tat.

A black man in shorts holds a weight beside two others in a gymn representing gay men with HIV. Advertisement for the Consorcio de Hombres Gay de Color. Colour lithograph.

Julian Eltinge in "The fascinating widow" poses for his portrait. Process print, 1915.

A silk night dress, boxer shorts, a pair of men's shoes, a man's watch, a rose, candles, a plate of strawberries, a condom and a tube of lubricant; advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS Project Los Angeles. Colour lithograph by Pete McArthur, 1993.

Five hands signing against a decorative background with a message for deaf people to open their eyes to AIDS; advertisement by the AIDS Education/Services for the Deaf. Colour lithograph.

A bare-chested man holding a red phone to his ear; advertisement for the AIDS hotline by the AIDS Project Los Angeles. Colour lithograph, 1993.

Rows of the faces of women, some with death masks, representing women with AIDS; advertisment for free HIV/AIDS tests by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Colour lithograph by Kerr and Malley, 1992.

Men and women representing the Community Development Department of the city of Los Angeles and the fight against AIDS. Lithograph.

www.mysexycity.com : February 14, 2006 / the Institute for Gay Men's Health, a collaboration of GMHC, Gay Men's Health Crisis, APLA, AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Silhouette of crowds standing before the AIDS Memorial quilt in front of the Whitehouse in Washington ; advertisement by ACT-UP for an AIDS demonstration on Friday October 6th 1989. Colour lithograph by B. Rader, 1989.

Art of Nepal : a catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection / by Pratapaditya Pal.

At forty / by Dan M. Gann.

Contested bodies and cultures : the politics of public health and race within Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese communities in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 / by Natalia Molina.

Eden's underbelly : female reformers and public health in Los Angeles, 1889-1932 / by Jennifer Lisa Koslow.

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Los Angeles

Images from the collections

Images about Los Angeles

Works from the collections

Art of Nepal : a catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection / by Pratapaditya Pal.

At forty / by Dan M. Gann.

Contested bodies and cultures : the politics of public health and race within Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese communities in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 / by Natalia Molina.

Eden's underbelly : female reformers and public health in Los Angeles, 1889-1932 / by Jennifer Lisa Koslow.

Silhouette of crowds standing before the AIDS Memorial quilt in front of the Whitehouse in Washington ; advertisement by ACT-UP for an AIDS demonstration on Friday October 6th 1989. Colour lithograph by B. Rader, 1989.

Los Angeles

Images from the collections

Images about Los Angeles

Works from the collections

Art of Nepal : a catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection / by Pratapaditya Pal.

At forty / by Dan M. Gann.

Contested bodies and cultures : the politics of public health and race within Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese communities in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 / by Natalia Molina.

Eden's underbelly : female reformers and public health in Los Angeles, 1889-1932 / by Jennifer Lisa Koslow.

Silhouette of crowds standing before the AIDS Memorial quilt in front of the Whitehouse in Washington ; advertisement by ACT-UP for an AIDS demonstration on Friday October 6th 1989. Colour lithograph by B. Rader, 1989.

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