Modern Painters

BLOUINARTINFO.COM JUNE/JULY 2016MODERN PAINTERS 81``````LEFT:John WhytockExcavation II(House ofMillions of Yearsof UsermaatraSetepenra ThatDivides), 1997.Acrylic onexcised canvas,138 x 237 in.BELOW:Excavation andmapping of theGuadalupe-Nipomo site toprepare for theremoval of partof a sphinxbody, 2014.PREVIOUS SPREAD,FROM LEFT:Sphinx mouth andchin, ca. 1923.Excavated in 2012from the buriedset of Cecil B.DeMille’s The TenCommandments.The vast teamof fabricators,mostly localsfrom Guadalupe,California,building the TenCommandmentsset, ca. 1923.FROM TOP: DANIEL R SMALL; GUADALUPE-NIPOMO DUNES CENTER