Robert Bechtle2005
A Retrospective
by Janet Bishop
"Tracing the full arc of Robert Bechtle's career from the 1960s to the present day, this publication illuminates the artistic practice of one of the most significant painters associated with the photorealist movement." "Published to coincide with a major retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this catalogue features nearly one hundred reproductions of Bechtle's most important paintings as well as intimate watercolors and drawings. These plates demonstrate the range of the San Francisco-based painter's iconic imagery of California - the rows of palm trees, the stucco houses, and the ubiquitous automobiles that spurred suburban expansion - in addition to his lesser-known but equally compelling family scenes and stark interiors."--Jacket.