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A framed square canvas hazily depicting the front portion of a midcentury car. In the background are blurry advertisements for a carwash and a building.

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Study for Econ-O-Wash

John Baldessari
1968

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Three rows of four photographs each showing the artist in a khaki shirt. The artist has altered his image in each photograph by lengthening or darkening his hair and beard, shifting his hairline, or increasing the contrast between his eyebrows and skin.

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The back of all the trucks passed while driving from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, California, Sunday 20 January 1963, 1963

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