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Photorealist Prints and Multiples

PHOTOREALISM

A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.

Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.

The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.

Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”

The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.

On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.

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Style: Photorealist
Claes Oldenburg s Studio, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist interior screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt of fellow artist Claes Oldenburg’s studio, signed and numbered in pencil. Claes Oldenburg’s Studio Lowell B...
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1970s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Birds of Paradise (Red), Photorealist Lithograph by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt was an American painter and printmaker who’s work consists of unique and vivid depictions of flowers. Birds of Paradise (Red) Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (19...
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1970s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Still Life with Grapes, Photorealist Lithograph by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph print by Lowell Nesbitt from 1975. A colorful still life that combines both organic and geometric elements. Still Life with Grapes Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–...
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1970s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Encounter-Paula Cooper Gallery, Photorealist Poster by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Encounter-Paula Cooper Gallery Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993) Date: 1974 Poster Size: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Mustang Sally Forth, Large Photorealist Art Screenprint by Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large framed screenprint by Pop Artist Ron Kleemann of a shiny chrome prop plane, parked on a tarmac glistening with rainwater. The title "Mustang Sally Forth...
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1970s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

American Radiator Building (Blue), Photorealist Etching by Richard Haas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Richard Haas, American (1936 - ) - American Radiator Building (Blue). Year: 2005, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 30, Image Size: 20 x 16 inches, Size: 26 ...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Double Bubble" silkscreen by Photorealist painter Charles Bell Edition of 150
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Double Bubble" silkscreen of gumball machine by Photorealist painter Charles Bell. Hand-numbered 117/150 in pencil in front lower left corner. Hand-signed Charles Bell in pencil in ...
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1990s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Pool Water Series. #1. Florida
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer is an authority on reality. In February of 1977, Singer attended the Whitney Museum Biennial where he met Salvador Dali while viewing a Richard Estes painting. Both...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Archival Ink

Zebras, Photorealist Screenprint by Fran Bull
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fran Bull is a first generation Photorealist whose compositions are based on photographs including natural reflections of glass, water and other surfaces. Zebras by Fran Bull, Ameri...
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1970s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Flora Odyssey N°3
Located in Deddington, GB
Diasec® mounting is a time proven system that has set the benchmark for face mounting photographic and fine art prints. Developed in the late 1960’s Diasec® was the first system that...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Straight Shot, Screenprint by Ron Kleeman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - ) Title: Straight Shot Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint on Somerset Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Paper Size: 22 x 30 inches
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1980s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Empire
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Cottingham (1935) Empire 2008 Screenprint in colors Image: 25.625 h x 39.875 w in (65 x 101 cm) Sheet: 32.75 h x 46 w in (83 x 117 cm) Signed, titled, dated and numbered to ...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Empire
$2,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Trash Can, Photorealist Lithograph by Paul Sarkisian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Sarkisian, American (1928 - ) Title: Trash Can (From Documenta, The Superrealists, New York) Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 P...
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1970s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Carbonous
Located in Deddington, GB
Carbonous by Sarah Duncan [2021] limited_edition Etching print on paper Edition number 10 Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:70 cm x W:70 cm x D:0.2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Carbonous is a limited edition signed etching print on paper by Sarah Duncan of a black and white forest...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

George Washington Bridge, Silkscreen on Aluminum by Richard Haas
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph and silkscreen on aluminum by Richard Haas from 1999. A detailed sectional view of the support and suspension structure of the George Washingt...
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1990s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Ivy Mike - Contemporary, 21st Century, Pigment Print, Limited Edition, Nature
Located in Zug, CH
Robert Longo, Ivy Mike Pigment print Edition of 15 113,9 x 86,4 cm (44.8 x 34 in.) Signed and numbered, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity In mint condition, as acquired from...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Pigment

Pool Water Series. #2. Florida
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer is an authority on reality. In February of 1977, Singer attended the Whitney Museum Biennial where he met Salvador Dali while viewing a Richard Estes painting. Bot...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Archival Ink

M
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37 inches. Image size: 32 x 32 inches. Frame size approx 41 x 40 inches. Edition of 100. From American Signs portfolio. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

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M
$2,590 Sale Price
30% Off
JR Au Palais De Tokyo, 28 Aout 2020, 16h12, Paris - Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in Zug, CH
JR Au Palais De Tokyo, 28 Aout 2020, 16h12, Paris, France, 2020 Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition Lithograph Edition of 180 70 x 100 cm (27.5 x 39.5 in.) Signed on the bottom right corner (stamp and lead), numbered on the bottom left corner Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher The piece is offered unframed. Edition number might vary from what is shown in the images. The street artist and photographer JR started out his artist practice in the streets of Paris. Using the pseudonym JR, the artist is keeping his identity hidden from the public. As part of the "Jusqu'ici tout va bien", an exhibition by students from the Kourtrajmé school that JR is in charge of the art section of the school, JR created a pasting on the facade of the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, through an anamorphic image. The collage was visible from August until September 2020, between the buildings of Clichy-Montfermeil and the Eiffel Tower, whose shadow is outlined on the visual in anamorphosis. What is very characteristic of JR’s art is the impermanence nature of the project, which the only way that the installation is captured, is through the creation of this lithograph - commemorating its presence, as the sun dries the glue, and the wind and rain tears the fragile paper with every moment. JR JR is a photographer and artist whose identity is unconfirmed. After he found a camera in the Paris subway...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

In the Container Wall, Le Havre, France - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph
Located in Zug, CH
JR, In the Container Wall, Le Havre, France Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph 20 colours lithograph Edition of 180 50 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in) Signed and numbered In mint condi...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

BLUES
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37 inches. Image size: 32 x 32 inches. Frame size approx 41 x 40 inches. Edition of 100. From American Signs portfolio. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

BLUES
BLUES
$2,590 Sale Price
30% Off
Charlie Chaplin by JR, The Kid movie, Jackie Coogan, Litograph, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
From street artist and photographer JR, this artpiece depicts Charlie Chaplin in the legendary scene from "The Kid" as a celebration of the movie's 100th anniversary in 2021. JR Unframed, Charlie Chaplin revu par JR, The Kid, Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Saturn - Contemporary, 21st Century, Limited Edition, Pigment Print
Located in Zug, CH
Robert Longo, Saturn Contemporary, 21st Century, Limited Edition, Pigment Print Pigment Print Edition of 30 39.6 x 59.9 cm (15.5 x 23.5 in) Signed and signed, accompanied by Certific...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Pigment

AMERICAN SIGNS (PORTFOLIO OF 12)
Located in Aventura, FL
Each hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Each sheet size: 38 x 37. Each image size: 32 x 32. Certificate of Authenticity included. Complete Suite, edition 69/100. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

Yankee Clipper
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: John Baeder Title: Yankee Clipper Medium: Screenprint Signed: Hand Signed Edition: From the edition of 250 Measurements: 22" x 30" Note: Th...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Reflection
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Ching Jang Yao Title: Reflection Medium: Screenprint Signed: Hand Signed Edition: Edition of 250 Measurements: 28" x 23 1/2" Frame: This piece is sold UNFRAMED Conditio...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Silkscreen on Arches paper. Image size 30 x 30 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by C...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

Trompe l oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 2021 -JR, Set 4, Print, Art, Edition
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro (Portfolio of 4) 2021 Giclée Print Laminated with G-gloss, Mounted on 3mm Dibond 64 × 96 cm (25.2 × 37.8 in) In matching edition numbers I...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

QUARTET
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Silkscreen on Arches paper. Framed size approx 38 x 45 inches. Image size 30 x 40 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Au...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

QUARTET
QUARTET
$2,100 Sale Price
30% Off
Studio Lexington - Contemporary, 21st Century, Dry-print, Limited Edition
Located in Zug, CH
Cy Twombly, Studio Lexington Contemporary, 21st Century, Dry-print, Limited Edition Dry-print on cardboard Edition of 50 43.1 x 27.9 cm (17 x 11 in) Embossed with the stamp ‘CT’ on t...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Digital

La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19H07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021
Located in Zug, CH
JR La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19H07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021 100 x 70 cm (39.3 x 27.5 in.) 14 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine White paper BFK Rives - 300...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pinto
Located in London, GB
Etching in colours, 2000-2001, on Hahnemühle etching paper, signed and numbered from the edition of 46 (there were also 6 artist’s proofs), published by Paragon Press, London, sheet:...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Seltzer
Located in Boca Raton, FL
OPAC The Organization of Photorealist Artists and Collectors presents Seltzer, a signed and numbered giclee on canvas by famed photorealist Mark Schiff. This piece is 28" x 34". The ...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Ink

Trompe l oeil, Death Valley, Billboard, March 4, 2017, 5:41 pm, California, USA
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Death Valley, Billboard, March 4, 2017, 5:41 pm, California, USA, 2021 14 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine on White paper BFK Rives - 270 grammes Editi...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mississippi Street Intersection
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2007, this color soft ground etching with aquatint on paper is hand-signed and dated by Robert Bechtle (San Francisco, 1932 - Berkeley, 2020)...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Trompe l oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 2021 -JR, Set 2, Print, Art, Edition
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro (Set of 2) 2021 Giclée Print Laminated with G-gloss, Mounted on 3mm Dibond 64 × 96 cm (25.2 × 37.8 in) In matching edition numbers In mint...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Dandelions Suite
Located in London, GB
The complete set of six mezzotints. Each signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 24 in pencil. Printed on mold-made Hahnemüller paper. Published by Pace Editions, Inc., New...
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1990s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Dandelions Suite
Price Upon Request
Hi Fi, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM HI FI, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' a...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Blues, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Blues, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' a...
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Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

M, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM M, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and n...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

Nite, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM NIte, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' an...
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Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Rialto, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Rialto, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' ...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Drinks, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Drinks, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Hot, from American Signs Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Hot, from American Signs Portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Star, from American Signs Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Star, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and numbered edition of 100 in pencil -- Robert Cottingham B. 1935, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Born in 1935 in Brooklyn, Robert Cottingham is known for his paintings and prints of urban American landscapes, particularly building facades, neon signs, movie marquees, and shop fronts. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1955 through 1958, he earned a BFA at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, in 1963. Cottingham began his professional artistic career as an art director for the advertising firm Young and Rubicam in the early 1960s. Although he is typically associated with Photorealism, Cottingham never considered himself a Photorealist, but rather a realist painter working in a long tradition of American vernacular scenes. In this respect, his work often draws parallels to a number of American painters such as Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, and Charles Sheeler. Cottingham’s interest in the intersections of art and commerce derive from his career as an adman and the influence of Pop art. Many of his paintings convey an interest in typography and lettering, as well as an awareness of the psychological impact of certain isolated words and letters. In his facades, techniques from advertising, namely cropping and enlarging, often produce words of enigmatic or comical resonance such as “Art,” “Ha,” or “Oh.” Cottingham’s enlarged sense of scale is reminiscent of James Rosenquist’s work, while his interest in text suggests the influence of Robert Indiana and Jasper Johns. In general, Cottingham viewed his work as continuing the legacy of Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, who also had a background in advertising. In 1964, Cottingham relocated to Los Angeles for work. There, inspired by the drastically different environment of the West Coast metropolis, he began to commit seriously to painting. Fascinated by Hollywood’s exaggerated glitz and the downtrodden atmosphere of the downtown, Cottingham saw in Los Angeles the relics of a bygone commercial heyday and desired to capture its kitschy and uncanny atmosphere, bathed in the near perpetual sunlight of Southern California. In 1968, Cottingham ended his advertising career in order to devote all his time to painting. In the late 1960s, he started using photography in his practice, first as an initial reference point for his process. After selecting a photograph, he translates it into black-and-white drawings by projecting the image onto gridded paper...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Photorealist prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Robert Cottingham, Lowell Nesbitt, Doug Bloodworth, and Shan Fannin. Frequently made by artists working with Screen Print, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $60 and tops out at $33,695, while the average work sells for $850.

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