Artist
Robert Cumming (American, 1943–2021)American, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Bad Night for Writing
Date1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (20.2 × 25 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (20.2 × 25 cm)
Mount: 15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in. (40.4 × 50.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (20.2 × 25 cm)
Mount: 15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in. (40.4 × 50.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of William C. Agee
Object number2023.68
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition History"Contemporary American Photographic Works," Curated by Lewis Baltz, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 4–December 31, 1977.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, mount recto, lower left below image: BAD NiGHT FOR WRiTiNG [sic]
Signed in pencil, mount recto, lower right below image: Cumming 1974-
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, bottom right: AP57
Signed in pencil, mount recto, lower right below image: Cumming 1974-
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, bottom right: AP57
Signed in pencil, mount recto, lower right below image: Cumming
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Robert Cumming
1973
Gelatin silver prints
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Robert Cumming
August 1975
Gelatin silver prints
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1975
Gelatin silver prints
83.317.A,.B