Art

Artist Robert Cottingham (American, born 1935)

Printer Jack Lemon (American, born 1936)

Date1992

MediumColor lithograph

DimensionsPlate: 41 7/8 × 41 3/4 inches (106.35 × 106.05 cm)
Sheet: 46 1/4 × 45 15/16 inches (117.48 × 116.66 cm)
Framed: 52 5/8 × 52 1/2 inches (133.67 × 133.35 cm)

Credit LineGift in memory of Dr. John W. Hardy by the Print Society, Miss Elaine Blaylock, Mr. John L. Coakley Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Curtis B. Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Everitt, Dr. Jeanne E. Fish, Dr. and Mrs. Leo R. Goertz, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gross, Mr. Edward R. Levy, Mr. and Mrs. George L. McKenna, Miss Sharon Seymour, Mrs. Lois Spears, and Mrs. Paula Thoburn

Object numberF93-2

SignedBottom margin, in pencil: "ART 50/60 Cottingham 1992"

Edition/State/Proof50/60

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DescriptionClose-up view from left of red marquee with protruding red-tubed letters on black-shaded buff ground, outlined in green, with yellow sides. Marquee, bordered in umber and blue-gray, curved at bottom, scalloped at top. Attached to facade of building, with part of two-light window visible at upper right. At left margin, vertical end portion of another sign in red. Black area at bottom.Gallery Label

Gallery Label

Known for his paintings of neon signs, Robert Cottingham combines abstraction and illusionism to create striking large-scale paintings and prints. In this lithograph, Cottingham draws our attention to the single word "art" by removing it from its association with other words in the title on the theater marquee. Is he hinting that art is a thing of the past, something once grand but now just a nostalgic afterglow? Or is he more interested in the combined abstract effect of the forms, colors, curved lines and angles in the image?

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