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

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8 in. x 10 in. (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)

Acquired 2001

Collection SFMOMA

Gift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner

2001.518

Keywords

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

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