Potrero Houses- Pennsylvania Avenue

1989

Robert Bechtle

Associated Names
Robert Bechtle

Artist, American, 1932 - 2020

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Sun Shumei

Printer, Chinese

The image depicts a street scene with an elevated view looking across a sloping urban street. The horizon is positioned high near the top edge of the image. A small portion of a backdrop and a minimalistic sky are visible along the horizon line. The style appears precise and clean with clear lines and soft blending of colors, resembling watercolor or lithograph. The color palette is soft and warm with hues of beige, muted reds, greens, and blues. There is a vintage car parked on the left, with more cars parked along the street. A tree provides shade for the cars, and beyond it, there are buildings, one with reddish-brown walls, contributing to the urban landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on silk mounted on Rives heavyweight buff paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.9 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 68.6 x 66 cm (27 x 26 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.142.13


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kathan Brown, San Francisco: Gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite below image; lower left: OKTP; lower right: Bechtle

Wikidata ID

Q76356121

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