Bill Owens

American (San Jose, California, 1938)

W-851 (Portrait of Robert Bechtle - variant of W-14 from Working) "I'm a new-realist painter. People think it's glamorous to paint but it's just hard work. Each painting takes two to four months to complete. The possibility of getting national acclaim is almost nil," from the series Working (I Do It For The Money)

1975
photograph | gelatin silver print
Not currently on view in the museum
W-851 (Portrait of Robert Bechtle)
8 in. x 10 in. (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)
Acquired 2001
Collection SFMOMA
Gift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner
© Bill Owens
2001.518
Keywords

men, arts, artists, studios, Robert Bechtle, labor, painters


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