Robert Smithson, Mirror Trail 5730 (Hand Signed), 1968-1969
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ALPHA 137 GALLERY
ALPHA 137 GALLERY
Description
Robert Bechtle
'68 Oldsmobile , 1969
Color lithograph on wove paper. Unframed, with original label from the 1971 San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition
13 × 17 4/5 in
33 × 45.2 cm
Pencil signed, dated and numbered from the Edition of 18
An extremely rare 1969 Robert Bechtle lithograph - depicting the latest (1968) Oldsmobile model - a reflective metallic blue back end of a 1968 Ninety-six Oldsmobile slightly offset to the left parked on red cement next to green grass. This work was exhibited at the San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition, January 15-February 28, 1971, with original label (see photo). This print is rarely seen on the market as most other editions are in the permanent collection of major institutions like the Detroit Institute of Art or the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco.
Excerpt from 2020 Robert Bechtle obituary:
"...A photorealist painter who depicted suburban landscapes, parked cars and the way the California light slants on a stucco building at midday...Like his fellow photorealists Ralph Goings and Richard Estes, Mr. Bechtle used photographs as the basis of his paintings... But where other photorealists often rendered a flashily depicted Americana, Mr. Bechtle went for understatement and found unexpected beauty in the everyday...In 2005, the art critic Peter Schjeldahl of The New Yorker called him “the finest of the first-generation photorealists...” - Steven Kurutz, The New York Times
Excerpt from 2020 Robert Bechtle obituary:
"...A photorealist painter who depicted suburban landscapes, parked cars and the way the California light slants on a stucco building at midday...Like his fellow photorealists Ralph Goings and Richard Estes, Mr. Bechtle used photographs as the basis of his paintings... But where other photorealists often rendered a flashily depicted Americana, Mr. Bechtle went for understatement and found unexpected beauty in the everyday...In 2005, the art critic Peter Schjeldahl of The New Yorker called him “the finest of the first-generation photorealists...” - Steven Kurutz, The New York Times
Measurements
Height:
13.00
Width:
16.75
Depth:
0.10
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