Robert Arneson’s tribute to former mayor of San Francisco George Moscone is on display at SFMOMA. The piece was rejected by its commissioners and was in private hands before SFMOMA arranged recently to show it.

Beyond the likeness, it features allusions to his life. I didn’t know for example, that Moscone was all City in basketball.

Here is a link to the Chronicle coverage of this.

It is displayed, along with a drawing of or plan for the piece, next to another famous Arneson, “California Artist”.