%C2%A9 1975 Robert Cottingham
Ice, 1975
Soft-ground etching and aquatintexpand_more
Gift of Marla J. Kinneyexpand_more 2015.99
Not on Viewexpand_more
Hyperrealist American artist Robert Cottingham favors subjects from daily life, often focusing on commercial signage and advertising left over from the 1940s and 1950s. His work shares some affinities with Pop art, with its emphasis on the familiar and ordinary facets of American life. Similarly his style places more emphasis on stylization rather than exacting Realism. From a distance Ice, a cropped image of vending machine, appears almost photographic. Upon close inspection, however, the composition becomes a surface of etched patterns, and the letters and shadows become abstract shapes.
Details
- Title
- Ice
- Artist Life
- born 1935
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.99
- Provenance
- (Landfall Press, Chicago, until 2004, sold to Kinney); Marla J. Kinney, Minneapolis (2004-2015); given to MIA
- Curator Approved
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© 1975 Robert Cottingham