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Unique Enamel on Aluminum Panel - Unsigned - Public Installation - In very good condition - Part of a twelve-panel installation installed at the Union Station in Hartford, Conn. // Robert Cottingham’s B & O (1987) is a vibrant homage to the iconic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad logo, rendered in enamel on an aluminum panel. This unique piece, part of a twelve-panel installation at Union Station in Hartford, Connecticut, captures the historic emblem with a graphic boldness. The circular logo features a yellow Capitol dome against a deep blue background, with B & O prominently displayed beneath. Framed by diagonal blue stripes on a white background, the composition has an industrial, almost architectural precision that highlights Cottingham’s dedication to Americana and transportation motifs. His choice of colors and shapes celebrates mid-century American signage, reflecting the nostalgic allure and cultural significance of the railroad era. Through this meticulous representation, Cottingham immortalizes the B & O Railroad as a symbol of American history and industry.
B & O, 1987
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Unique Enamel on Aluminum Panel - Unsigned - Public Installation - In very good condition - Part of a twelve-panel installation installed at the Union Station in Hartford, Conn. // Robert Cottingham’s B & O (1987) is a vibrant homage to the iconic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad logo, rendered in enamel on an aluminum panel. This unique piece, part of a twelve-panel installation at Union Station in Hartford, Connecticut, captures the historic emblem with a graphic boldness. The circular logo features a yellow Capitol dome against a deep blue background, with B & O prominently displayed beneath. Framed by diagonal blue stripes on a white background, the composition has an industrial, almost architectural precision that highlights Cottingham’s dedication to Americana and transportation motifs. His choice of colors and shapes celebrates mid-century American signage, reflecting the nostalgic allure and cultural significance of the railroad era. Through this meticulous representation, Cottingham immortalizes the B & O Railroad as a symbol of American history and industry.
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Photorealism is a genre of art or artistic movement that involves drawing, painting, and other graphic media in which the artist carefully studies a photograph and attempts to reproduce it as realistically as possible in another medium. While the term can broadly describe any artwork created in this manner, it specifically refers to a group of painters and paintings in the U.S. art movement that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
