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)
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Period: 20th Century
Artist: Robert Cottingham
Brownie Hawkeye
By Robert Cottingham
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
Robert Cottingham
Brownie Hawkeye, 1999
oil on canvas
32 x 32 in.
Robert Cottingham (b. 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is best known for his Photorealist paintings and drawings of Americ...
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1990s Realist Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cold Beer (with coca cola sign) photorealist print
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
Two Color Offset Lithograph on Wove Paper
Pencil signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 150 on the front
This hand signed, titled and numbered lithograph was printed in 197...
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1980s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Lithograph
Lone Star
By Robert Cottingham
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
An iconic representation of Cottingham's neon sign paintings
Category
1990s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
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Paper, Gouache
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
Materials
Aquatint
Everybody's Bookshop, Everybody's Books
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham
Everybody's Bookshop, Everybody's Books, 1975
Color Lithograph
23 × 18 inches
Edition of 200
Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil (recto); Bears Ar...
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1970s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
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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...
Category
1980s Photorealist Robert Cottingham Art
Materials
Pencil, Linocut
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
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