Cable Car Power House, San Francisco
February 27, 1970
Pigment ink on photo luster paper
5.5" x 8.75"

Minimum Bid: $200

Robert Sabbatini AICP, ASLA

Bio: Robert Sabbatini is a planner, urban designer, and landscape architect. He has led complex interdisciplinary projects for Yosemite National Park, international tourism in France, and educational and cultural institutions.  For over a decade, Mr. Sabbatini headed campus planning at Sasaki Associates, San Francisco. As a principal there, he directed the planning and design work for many campuses including the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Nevada, Reno; Pierce College, Los Angeles; and The Huntington in San Marino, California. Mr. Sabbatini is a frequent speaker at conferences as well as a design critic to academic institutions. He is an instructor in the Professional Development Course in Campus Planning and Design at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has received numerous planning and design awards.

Artist Statement: I took this image at the Cable Car Power House in San Francisco in 1970. The image focuses upon two parallel sets of wheels that pull the cables through the streets of San Francisco. The slow shutter speed of the motionless camera smoothes the imperfections of the surfaces of the wheels. The near set of these giant wheels frame the amorphic second set of wheels.