Women-Girls 1978
Robert Cottingham
Limited Edition Print : Lithograph on Arches Paper
Size : 15x15 in | 38x38 cm
Framed : 17x17 in | 43x43 cm
Edition : From the edition of 101
Motivated Seller
- Framed Limited Edition Lithograph $1,975
Year1978
Hand SignedLower Right, in Pencil
Condition Excellent
Framed with Plexiglass
Purchased fromOther 2003
Story / Additional InfoThe print is signed Cottingham '78. Landfall Chop Mark, l.l
Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage
LID137794
Robert Cottingham - United States
Art Brokerage: Robert Cottingham American Artist: B. 1935. Robert Cottingham lives and works on an eighteenth century New England farm, but the subject matter he paints is strictly urban. Tattoo parlors, seamy bar fronts, five-and-dime stores, trashy movie marquees, or the advertising on a pancake house are all the urban symbols he utilizes to construct his complex paintings. He ferrets out the architectural details, symbols, and letter fragments of facades from the 1940s and '50s, giving us a glimpse of a true American folk art; garish, trite, yet somehow endearing. Cottingham is generally referred to as a "photorealist." The term, in use for about thirty years, refers to work that has a clarity and "truth-to-the-eye" that is associated with photography. It is misleading to think that photorealism is an attempt to replicate photography in paint. Nor is it accurate to assume that the success of a work relies on a technique that is dependent upon the projection of a photograph or transparency onto canvas or paper. Listings wanted.