Robert Bechtle

'59 Mercury
1974

A vintage blue car is parked on the street in front of a suburban house with a white garage door and a striped awning over one of the windows. A utility pole stands prominently in the foreground, and the scene is depicted under a clear blue sky.

A vintage blue car is parked on the street in front of a suburban house with a white garage door and a striped awning over one of the windows. A utility pole stands prominently in the foreground, and the scene is depicted under a clear blue sky.

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Date
1974

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 18 3/4in. (35.6 × 47.6 cm)

Accession number
81.28.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Norman Dubrow

Rights and reproductions
©1974 Robert Bechtle

API
artworks/1636

Exhibitions

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June 8, 2012–June 9, 2013

Robert Bechtle
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