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In 1932
Victor Arnautoff, a disciple of the legendary Diego Rivera,
created four fresco murals in the entrance portico of the Roth Building,
300 Homer Avenue. Commissioned by the progressive-minded Dr Russell Lee,
a co-founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic which originally occupied
the building, they celebrate the medical triumphs of their era. The
panel at below left occasioned a famous traffic jam at its unveiling as
Palo Altans eagerly flocked to personally confirm the scandal
Designed by renowned Palo Alto architect Birge Clark for the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, the Roth Building defines the Palo Alto style. A citizens' committee plans to create a museum of Palo Alto history in it. (Sketch by City of Palo Alto) |
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Is the
picture below a self-portrait of the artist? Compare it with the known
self-portrait prominently featured in the detail at right from his Coit
Tower mural, City Life  |
Likely the
most well known of Arnautoff's works is City Life (below), the
largest mural in the
Coit Tower (#9) collection. Others are on public display at the
Presidio, and in post offices in Richmond and Pacific Grove,
California.
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