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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
Collection
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Collection
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Creator Name:
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Philip Guston
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Philip Guston
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality/Dates:
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Canada, 1913-1980
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Canada, 1913-1980
Creator Nationality/Dates
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Creator Role:
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artist
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artist
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Title:
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Central Avenue
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Central Avenue
Title
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Date:
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1969
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1969
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Materials:
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oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
Materials
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Current Location:
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Current Location
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-2250
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Berkeley, California 94720-2250
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Object ID:
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1985.54
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1985.54
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Notes:
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Guston paints two hooded, cigar-smoking figures driving in a jalopy with what appear to be a crudely made cross and two guns. The apparent allusion to the Ku Klux Klan is made more ominous by the shadow under the car, which indicates that it is "High Noon," a time that has become synonymous with the final showdown. Guston's cartoony, childlike style adds an ironic dimension suggesting, perhaps, that such features of our society as the Ku Klux Klan are as absurd as they are menacing.
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Guston paints two hooded, cigar-smoking figures driving in a jalopy with what appear to be a crudely made cross and two guns. The apparent allusion to the Ku Klux Klan is made more ominous by the shadow under the car, which indicates that it is "High Noon," a time that has become synonymous with the final showdown. Guston's cartoony, childlike style adds an ironic dimension suggesting, perhaps, that such features of our society as the Ku Klux Klan are as absurd as they are menacing.
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Acquisition Information:
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Gift of Mrs. Philip Guston and Musa Jane Mayer
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Gift of Mrs. Philip Guston and Musa Jane Mayer
Acquisition Information
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Collection Description:
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hyperlink
Collection Description
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft5h4nb29 m
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