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 Photos: HomerAvenue.com |
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--the jacketed man
in the detail at lower right from his Coit Tower mural, City Life |
Likely the most well known of Arnautoff's works is City Lights (below), the largest mural in San Francisco's
Coit Tower collection. Others are on public display at the Presidio and in post offices in Richmond and Pacific Grove, California.
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