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McCafferty in his studio in San Pedro, 1975.
Group of four bespoke, leather-bound sketchbooks, each 6 × 4 in., containing ink and pencil sketches dated from 2005 to 2007.
The artist’s photobooks in their original boxes in the San Pedro studio.
Hat, gloves, and lenses used by McCafferty in the solar burn process throughout his career.
McCafferty’s lifeguard crew at the beach at Hollister Ranch, CA, 1987.
Untitled, (October 23, 2013).
Ink on paper, 12 x 9 in.
From Sketchbook #72.
View of the Hollister Ranch house from a distance and its surrounding landscape.
Untitled, (July 25, 2020).
Ink on paper, 11.7 × 8.4 in.
From Sketchbook #76.
Jay and Ellen McCafferty with Ellen’s first dog, 1978.
Framed Polaroid.
McCafferty at Point Fermin, San Pedro, Los Angeles, ca. 1968.
Interior of Hollister Ranch house worksite, c. 1987.
Group of sketchbooks, variable dimensions containing ink and pencil sketches, various dates.
A stack of solar burn on painted masonite in progress (8 x 10 in. each) on a shelf in the San Pedro studio.
Untitled, (April 8–9, 2014).
Ink on paper, each page 8.2 x 5.7 in.
Spread from Sketchbook #74.
San Pedro studio loft, photographed in 2024.
McCafferty in Hollister Ranch, 1986.
McCafferty working with his Sony Portapak, the first portable video camera (introduced 1967), ca. 1972.
A group of tapes and boxes on a shelf in the San Pedro studio.
McCafferty’s pastel powders with mortars, pestles, and brushes.
Jay and Ellen McCafferty with their dog Matter in front of their home in San Pedro, 1985.
Untitled, (July 11, 2020).
Ink on paper, 11.7 × 8.4 in.
From Sketchbook #76.
A drawer in the tool chest of the San Pedro studio, containing magnifying lenses, glue, eyeglasses, and an object created by McCafferty from the frame of an old fan.
Untitled, (November 3, 2013).
Ink on paper, 12 x 9 in.
From Sketchbook #72.
McCafferty at the dining table in Ellen’s sister’s house, San Francisco, 1980s.
Polaroid of McCafferty with his dogs, Mr. Wright and Sally, in his studio, 1980s.
Solar burn paintings in progress in the rooftop studio at the San Pedro home in the early 1980s.
View of landscape and the ocean from Hollister Ranch, Santa Barbara County, California.
Exterior of Hollister Ranch house during construction, ca. 1987.
McCafferty’s rooftop studio at his San Pedro home.
Detail of McCafferty’s metal table and magnets in the rooftop of his home in San Pedro.