By Ronnie Cutrone
Located in Missouri, MO
Ronnie Cutrone (1948-2013)
"Bird's Eye View" c. 1980s
Color Lithograph
Ed. 222/250
Signed, Numbered and Titled
Image Size: 17 x 23.5 inches
Framed Size: approx. 24 x 30 inches.
Ronnie Cutrone, a figurehead of the Pop and Post-Pop art scenes, was Andy Warhol's assistant at the Factory atop the Decker Building from 1972-1980, and worked closely with Roy Lichtenstein, combining stylistic elements of both. Cutrone's large-scale paintings of American cartoon icons, like Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, and Woody Woodpecker further reinvented kitsch and popular media in terms of fine art.
Executed in fluorescent monochromatic colors with the finesse of mass-produced silkscreen and prints, Cutrone's works are the reverse of tromp-l'oeil; they use fine art media (watercolor, pastel, crayon - on high-quality paper) to celebrate, rather than hide, the artifice of their subjects. "Everything is cartoon for me", Cutrone is noted for saying, even "ancient manuscripts...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints
