Robert Bechtle

American, b. 1932

Sterling Avenue, Alameda I
1990

Charcoal on paper
23.125 x 28.375 x 0.875 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2000.34

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This object has the following keywords:

• California
• car
• house
• power lines - Wires used for transmitting a supply of electrical energy to buildings.
• Shrubs - Sources:
  - 2012505470: Correa A., M.D. Árboles y arbustos del Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panamá, 2010.
  - Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, Mar. 28, 2013
• sidewalk
• streets
• traffic signs - Signs giving directions, warnings, or other information pertinent for vehicles or pedestrians.
• trees - Woody, perennial plants usually with a single, long, self-supporting stem or trunk, and which grow to a considerable height.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Uses of the Real I , 1/20/2008 - 4/30/2011
• Drawing Darkness: Charcoal and Conte Crayon Works , 11/7/2014 - 9/23/2015
• Gray Areas: Graphite, Ink, and Charcoal Drawings in NEHMA Collection , 9/24/2015 - 3/17/2016
• SC Fall 23 - Charcoal , 7/13/2023 - 12/30/2023