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Mural Study for Cancer

1948

Clarence Van Duzer

(American, 1920–2009)
Culture
America, Ohio, Cleveland
Medium
tempera on panel
Measurements
Unframed: 33 x 74.3 cm (13 x 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kathy Lynn Van Duzer and Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2011.5
Copyright
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Location
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Mural Study for Cancer teems with more than 50 figures, including a patient undergoing surface brachytherapy, whereby radiation is applied to the exterior of the body with tongs. Hovering overhead in the center of the composition is a red circular form with flamelike tendrils, likely a schematic rendering of a tumor. The painting was created shortly after the artist traveled to study contemporary murals in Mexico, which had a profound influence on his work.
A horizontally oriented tempera painting is crowded with figures featuring fine hatching. At the center, masked medical staff cluster beneath a swirling red burst. On our left, a woman in a white cap looks down at a patient, while a man holds a child. On our right, another woman in a white cap is surrounded by figures of various skin tones. Stylized, interlocking bodies fill the scene in a moment of frantic urgency.

Mural Study for Cancer

1948

Clarence Van Duzer

(American, 1920–2009)
America, Ohio, Cleveland

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