Robert Cottingham Art
American, b. 1935
Robert Cottingham is an American painter best known for his Photorealist depictions of cropped commercial signage. Born on September 26, 1935, in Brooklyn, NY, Cottingham studied at Pratt Institute. He received his BFA in 1963 before starting a five-year career in commercial advertising. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Cottingham seriously committed himself to his painting practice, which eventually subsumed his advertising career by 1968 as the artist rose to prominence along with the Photorealist movement.
Notably—though Cottingham is considered among the most prominent Photorealists of the latter half of the 20th century—he disavowed his relationship to the movement. Instead, he views his work as part of the lineage of vernacular Americana painters, including the likes of Stuart Davis and Edward Hopper. His work can be found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collections in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., among others.(Biography provided by Eckert Fine Art)
Color: Black
Artist: Robert Cottingham
Empire, by Robert Cottingham (photorealistic image of neon sign )
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham is known for imagery that celebrates the history of communications in America, specifically neon signage on urban storefronts and signs on railroad cars.
In 2008, ...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Screen
Blues (The Original Edition)
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham
Blues (The Original), 1989
Color aquatint on wove paper
Edition 31/45
Pencil signed and numbered by Robert Cottingham on the front
Framed
This is the original, stri...
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1980s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Aquatint
Don't Walk unique trial proof signed and inscribed by famed photorealist artist
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham
Don't Walk, 1985
Three color Linoleum Cut on Paper
Pencil signed, inscribed to Bryan and annotated TP
Published by Chip Elwell Fine Prints
Unique - Trial Proof
This is a unique Trial Proof that Robert Cottingham inscribed, annotated and gifted to Bryan Konefsky, his longtime studio assistant in both Newtown, CT and Santa Fe New Mexico. Only one other example - a variant - of this early print, exists and is in the collection of the Smithsonian. Due to the untimely death of printer Chip Elwell in October of 1986, only two proofs in the woodcut medium were pulled: the present work, which Cottingham gifted to his longtime studio assistant, and the one at the Smithsonian. Furthermore and in another interesting turn of events, Elwell's studio was burglarized shortly after his death and among the items stolen were the original wood blocks for DON'T WALK. This is an historic work; and the only one available on the market.
Measurements:
Framed:
15 inches x 13.5 inches x .3 inches
Artwork
12 inches x 10.5 inches
Robert Cottingham Biography
Robert Cottingham (b.1935, Brooklyn, NY) is recognised for his Photorealist paintings of American urban landscapes, particularly his depictions of painted and neon shop signs...
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1980s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Pencil, Linocut
NITE
By Robert Cottingham
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37 inches. Image size: 32 x 32 inches. Frame size approx 41 x 40 inches. Edition of 100. From American Signs portfolio.
Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Screen, Paper
AMERICAN HI FI
By Robert Cottingham
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37. Image size: 32 x 32. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Screen, Paper
Rolling Stock for Armyn by Robert Cottingham
By Robert Cottingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Cottingham, American (1935 - )
Title: Rolling Stock Series: For Armyn
Year: 1992
Medium: Aquatint Etching, signed, numbered and titled in pencil
Edition: 43/60
Im...
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1990s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Aquatint, Etching
M
By Robert Cottingham
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Edition of 100
Signed
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
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American Hi-Fi
By Robert Cottingham
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Silkscreen on Coventry paper - Signed and numbered in pencil
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Cottingham Art
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Hi Fi, from American Signs portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
HI FI, from American Signs portfolio, 2009
screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins,
40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
signed, dated `2009' a...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Screen
Art, from American Signs portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
Art, from American Signs portfolio, 2009
screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins,
40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
signed, dated `2009' and...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Screen
Nite, from American Signs portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
NIte, from American Signs portfolio, 2009
screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins,
40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
signed, dated `2009' an...
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Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
Screen
Rialto, from American Signs portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
Rialto, from American Signs portfolio, 2009
screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins,
40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
signed, dated `2009' ...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
Screen
Fox, from American Signs portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
Fox, from American Signs portfolio, 2009
screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins
40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
signed, dated `2009' a...
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Early 2000s American Modern Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
Screen
Hi, from American Signs Portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
Hi, from American Signs portfolio, 2009
screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins
40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
signed, dated `2009' an...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
Screen
Hot, from American Signs Portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
Hot, from American Signs Portfolio, 2009
screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins
40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
signed, dated `2009' and...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
Screen
American Signs portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM
American Signs portfolio, 2009
The complete set of twelve screenprints in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm)
all signed, dated `2009' and numbered edition of 100 in pencil, published by Exhibit A Fine Art and Editions and American Images Atelier, New York, all in excellent condition, contained in original gray silk-covered box with artist and title embossed with gold foil.
Robert Cottingham
B. 1935, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Born in 1935 in Brooklyn, Robert Cottingham is known for his paintings and prints of urban American landscapes, particularly building facades, neon signs, movie marquees, and shop fronts. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1955 through 1958, he earned a BFA at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, in 1963. Cottingham began his professional artistic career as an art director for the advertising firm Young and Rubicam in the early 1960s. Although he is typically associated with Photorealism, Cottingham never considered himself a Photorealist, but rather a realist painter working in a long tradition of American vernacular scenes. In this respect, his work often draws parallels to a number of American painters such as Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, and Charles Sheeler.
Cottingham’s interest in the intersections of art and commerce derive from his career as an adman and the influence of Pop art. Many of his paintings convey an interest in typography and lettering, as well as an awareness of the psychological impact of certain isolated words and letters. In his facades, techniques from advertising, namely cropping and enlarging, often produce words of enigmatic or comical resonance such as “Art,” “Ha,” or “Oh.” Cottingham’s enlarged sense of scale is reminiscent of James Rosenquist’s work, while his interest in text suggests the influence of Robert Indiana and Jasper Johns. In general, Cottingham viewed his work as continuing the legacy of Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, who also had a background in advertising.
In 1964, Cottingham relocated to Los Angeles for work. There, inspired by the drastically different environment of the West Coast metropolis, he began to commit seriously to painting. Fascinated by Hollywood’s exaggerated glitz and the downtrodden atmosphere of the downtown, Cottingham saw in Los Angeles the relics of a bygone commercial heyday and desired to capture its kitschy and uncanny atmosphere, bathed in the near perpetual sunlight of Southern California.
In 1968, Cottingham ended his advertising career in order to devote all his time to painting. In the late 1960s, he started using photography in his practice, first as an initial reference point for his process. After selecting a photograph, he translates it into black-and-white drawings by projecting the image onto gridded paper...
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Early 2000s American Realist Robert Cottingham Art
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Screen
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