Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)
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"Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" is a large-scale 1963 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that depicts a car accident in stark, repeated imagery and is considered one of his most important and valuable works from the Death and Disaster series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) canonical | 4 |
| White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T276125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) Context triple: [Andy Warhol, notableWork, Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)]
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A.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
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B.
Gipsy Danger
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C.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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D.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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E.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) Target entity description: "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" is a large-scale 1963 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that depicts a car accident in stark, repeated imagery and is considered one of his most important and valuable works from the Death and Disaster series.
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A.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
-
B.
Gipsy Danger
Gipsy Danger is a Mark-3 American Jaeger, a giant humanoid combat robot featured in the film "Pacific Rim," known for defending humanity against Kaiju attacks.
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C.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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D.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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E.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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silkscreen painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key work in Warhol's Death and Disaster series
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one of Andy Warhol's most important works ⓘ |
| artisticGoal | confront viewers with mediated images of death ⓘ |
| artMarketStatus | highly valuable artwork ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| auctionHouse |
Sotheby’s
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surface form:
Sotheby's
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| color |
black
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silver ⓘ |
| compositionFeature |
large-scale diptych-like format
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repetition of car crash image ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| culturalContext | American consumer culture of the 1960s ⓘ |
| depictionType | appropriated photograph ⓘ |
| depicts |
automobile accident victim
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car crash ⓘ mangled car ⓘ repeated photographic imagery ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| imageSource | press photograph of car accident ⓘ |
| inception | 1963 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
mass media photography
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tabloid newspapers ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Pop art ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| partOf | Warhol Death and Disaster paintings ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Green Car Crash (Burning Green Car I)
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Orange Car Crash (Five Times) ⓘ Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times)
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| saleRecord | sold for over 100 million US dollars at auction ⓘ |
| saleType | auction ⓘ |
| series | Death and Disaster ⓘ |
| style |
mechanical reproduction aesthetic
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monochromatic palette ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | fatal automobile accident ⓘ |
| technique | silkscreen printing ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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mass media imagery ⓘ spectacle of disaster ⓘ tragedy ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| title | Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) Description of subject: "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" is a large-scale 1963 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that depicts a car accident in stark, repeated imagery and is considered one of his most important and valuable works from the Death and Disaster series.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)
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relatedWork
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Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times)