%C2%A9 Robert Cottingham
Rolling Stock, For Mark, 1992
Color aquatint, lift ground, and spit-biteexpand_more
Gift of Brian and Julia Morrison Palmer in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Minneapolis Institute of Artsexpand_more 2014.144.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Robert Cottingham’s “Rolling Stock” series of color aquatints are studies of the ordinary. Each of the prints is compositionally similar, showing an arrangement of mechanical parts—ladders, hand brake wheels, air hoses, and couplings—found on the ends of railroad boxcars. Rendered in highly detailed and closely observed representations, the images mimic the visual effects of photography. Though sharing similar subject matter, the prints vary in size, format, and color scheme. Cottingham devised unusual color schemes for the prints as a way to accentuate the aesthetic and expressive qualities of his subjects. The prints possess a precise and compelling visual harmony, both individually and across the series as a whole. Though the subjects of the prints are familiar to most, the meticulous details and photographic-like depictions invite close inspection.
Details
- Title
- Rolling Stock, For Mark
- Artist Life
- born 1935
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2014.144.1
- Provenance
- (Parasol Press, New York; sold to Palmer); Brian and Julia Morrison Palmer, Orono, Minn. (until 2014); given to MIA
- Curator Approved
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