Art
Artist
Robert Cottingham
(American, born 1935)
Date1992
MediumColor lithograph on BFK Rives paper
DimensionsOverall: 46 x 46in. (116.8 x 116.8cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number92.43
Description On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextIn the late 1960s and 1970s photo-realist artists, including Robert Cottingham, began using photographs rather than figures, landscapes or other subjects as their source of inspiration. The prevalence of photographic imagery in contemporary culture made it a compelling medium from which to borrow for fine art purposes. Cottingham typically uses urban signage and, in this case, he extracted a slice from a movie marquee, an "art house," hence the witty title for this work of art.
MEM
2002
