Sam Francis

Untitled, 1984

106.7 X 73 inch

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Robert Cottingham

Original Signed Artworks & Limited Edition Prints For Sale

Robert Cottingham was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied art first at the Brooklyn Pratt Institute and later at the Arts Center College of Design in Pasadena. His early career as a graphic designer led to an interest in signage and lettering, while his admiration for another New York artist Edward Hopper influenced his use of light and shade to create mood.
 
« I was restless. I had maybe two paintings under my belt,
and they were small. »

Robert Cottingham
He is one of the most important photorealist painters, a style which developed during the 1960s, having assimilated photography into his paintings. He is particularly known for works depicting urban America, including signs, storefronts and buildings.
 
« In New York, the buildings would block my subjects. It was like I was working in a canyon. In L.A.,
I was always sure the sun would get to my subject matter. »

Robert Cottingham


Cottingham uses his camera as a sketch book and photographs of his subjects as a base for his art, expanding on the images rather than merely replicating them. For him the letters and numbers of commercial advertisements and signs represent a visual language illustrating the American way of life. Everyday images are transformed by the art Read More

Robert Cottingham

The Letter P, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter N, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

M, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 4,850

Robert Cottingham

Star, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 6,000

Robert Cottingham

American Hi-Fi, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 6,000

Robert Cottingham

The Letter G, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter H, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter I, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter K, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter L, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter Q, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,150

Robert Cottingham

Empire (Vertical), 2012

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,200

Robert Cottingham

The Letter F, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter E, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter D, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

The Letter B, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,100

Robert Cottingham

Rialto, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 4,850

Robert Cottingham

Nite, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 4,850

Robert Cottingham

Hot, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 4,850

Robert Cottingham

Hi, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 4,850

Robert Cottingham

Fox, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 4,850

Robert Cottingham

Switzerland Everybody´s Bookshop, 1975

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

EUR 1,340

Robert Cottingham

Union Pacific Railraod, 1987

Painting

Mixed Media

USD 30,000

Robert Cottingham

Reading Lines, 1987

Painting

Mixed Media

USD 25,000

Robert Cottingham

B & O, 1987

Painting

Mixed Media

USD 25,000

Robert Cottingham

PRR Railroad, 1987

Painting

Mixed Media

USD 25,000

Robert Cottingham

Santa Fe, 1987

Painting

Mixed Media

USD 35,000

Robert Cottingham

Barber Shop, 1989

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 6,500

Robert Cottingham

American Signs, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

USD 17,500

Robert Cottingham

The Letter A, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Champaign-Drinks, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Blues, 2009

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled V (Champs Watertower), 2005

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Barrera-Rosa's, 1986

Limited Edition Print

Linocut

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled I (Albany Ice), 2005

Limited Edition Print

C-Print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled II (Hotel), 2005

Limited Edition Print

C-Print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled III (Coca-Cola), 2005

Limited Edition Print

C-Print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled IV (Tower), 2005

Limited Edition Print

C-Print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled VI (Sandwich), 2005

Limited Edition Print

C-Print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled VII (Santa Fe Hotel), 2005

Limited Edition Print

C-Print

Currently Not Available

Robert Cottingham

Untitled_VIII (The Graduate), 2005

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

Currently Not Available

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What is photorealism?

What is photorealism?

Genre of art or artistic movement that encompasses, drawing, painting and some other graphic media where an artist carefully studies and understands an image in photograph then attempts to reproduce it in another medium realistically as much as possible. Though the term can be used to describe artwork broadly, it can also be used to refer to a specific group of painters and paintings in the U.S. art movement that came to being in late 1960 and early 1970.

Bridget RILEY | Brouillard | Screen-print available for sale on composition gallery

Bridget Riley

Brouillard, 2003

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

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 VHILS | Dessect Series #01 | Mixed Media available for sale on composition gallery

Vhils

Dessect Series #01, 2023

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 10,000

 VHILS | Dessect Series #02 | Mixed Media available for sale on composition gallery

Vhils

Dessect Series #02, 2023

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 10,000

Victor - VASARELY - Ond-LZ - Silkscreen - available for sale on composition.gallery

Victor Vasarely

Ond-LZ, 1975

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

EUR 1,625