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Robert Bechtle — Covered Car – De Haro Street
Robert Bechtle

Covered Car – De Haro Street

2004

"Covered Car – De Haro Street" exemplifies Robert Bechtle's photorealist approach to everyday urban scenes, capturing a mundane moment with meticulous precision through charcoal on paper. The work depicts a parked automobile shrouded in a protective covering on a San Francisco street, transforming an ordinary subject into a study of light, texture, and form. Bechtle's skilled use of charcoal demonstrates the medium's capacity for rendering subtle tonal variations and surface details with photographic accuracy.

Medium
charcoal on paper

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

November 20, 2024

Lot 79

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Robert Bechtle, Covered Car – De Haro Street, 2004

"Covered Car – De Haro Street" exemplifies Robert Bechtle's photorealist approach to everyday urban scenes, capturing a mundane moment with meticulous precision through charcoal on paper. The work depicts a parked automobile shrouded in a protective covering on a San Francisco street, transforming an ordinary subject into a study of light, texture, and form. Bechtle's skilled use of charcoal demonstrates the medium's capacity for rendering subtle tonal variations and surface details with photographic accuracy.

Medium
charcoal on paper
Year
2004
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bay Area art, 20th Century, Parked vehicle, Ordinary mundane, Photorealism, Street Photography Aesthetic, American Artist, Hyperrealistic, Urban Landscape, Oil on Canvas

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