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Surrealist painter James Guy created this political allegory in 1937. The central tiny figure, who

"Venus on Sixth Avenue" (1937), oil on canvas, 24 x 30" 		James Guy (1909-1983)

Surrealist painter James Guy created this political allegory in 1937. The central tiny figure, who represents big business, forces a Macy's salesgirl, gagged and wearing blinders, to turn away from her fellow working women, who are on strike. Instead, she is forced to gaze at the fairy-tale image of womankind. "Sixth Avenue" in the title refers to the location of Macy's department store in New York City.

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