“Watts Renaissance” and “Black Panther Party,” detail from the 1960s section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural - Giclée Print

A limited edition museum archival giclée print by Judith F. Baca, reproducing two sections from the 1960s segment of the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion.

“Watts Renaissance” and “Black Panther Party,” detail from the 1960s section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural, 2025
Giclée print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 
10 x 36 inches (print); 12 x 38 inches (paper) 
Edition of 30 + 1 AP

Signed and numbered by the artist, Judith F. Baca.
Unframed

Watts Renaissance

From the ashes of the Watts Rebellion, a Black cultural renaissance flourished in the neighborhood. Black artists Noah Purifoy, Cecil Ferguson, Betye Saar, and John Outterbridge celebrate Watts as a place generative of artistic self- and community expression. Purifoy and Outterbridge used debris and burned elements from the rebellion to create sculptures. Betye Saar, who grew up during the building of the Watts Towers, created works criticizing Jim Crow and stereotyped ideas of Blackness. Ferguson became a curator at LACMA who continually advocated for the work of Black artists.

Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, emerged first in Oakland as a revolutionary force against police brutality and systemic oppression. BPP chapters in major cities including Los Angeles created more than 60 community programs—sickle cell anemia testing, free breakfast programs for children—efforts that outpaced government social services.

Three large panthers in the foreground bear markings of Africa, Latin America, and Asia on their fur, representing the BPP's solidarity with international struggles. A battering ram tank in the background references the 1969 LAPD attack on BPP headquarters on Central Avenue in Los Angeles. Despite their positive societal impact, the media often portrayed the Black Panther Party as a terrorist group, and they were subjected to violent police raids across the country.

Proceeds support the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion and SPARC.