a 1976 painting from athens / by Philip Tarlow

the artist with six workmen, oil on linen, 1976, 20x68” private collection, athens

2:02 PM: during the 70’s, when i was living and exhibiting in athens, i made a series of paintings of construction workers from a site near my studio at the time. this was the final painting in the series, based on the smaller paintings of individual workers i had made. when i shot this only surviving photo, the face on the right was not yet completed.