Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Central Avenue
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Philip Guston
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Creator Nationality/Dates:
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Canada, 1913-1980
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Title:
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Central Avenue
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Date:
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1969
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Materials:
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oil on canvas
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Current Location:
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-2250
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Object ID:
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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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Acquisition Information:
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Gift of Mrs. Philip Guston and Musa Jane Mayer
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft5h4nb29m
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