Robert Cumming
Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.

Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.

© Robert Cumming / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.
Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.
Date1974
PlaceOrange, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 3 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (8.7 × 24.4 cm)
Image/Sheet: 3 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (8.9 × 24.3 cm)
Image/Sheet: 3 7/8 × 9 9/16 in. (9.8 × 24.3 cm)
Image/Sheet: 3 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (9.5 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 29 7/8 in. (50.5 × 75.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number83.321.A-.D
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryLoaned to "Robert Cumming L'oeuvre photographique 1969-1980/Retrospective," at Fonds Regional D'Art Contemporain, Limoges, France, from Aug. 4 to Oct. 29, 1994 (LN:94.21)
Loaned to "Robert Cumming: Photographic Works, 1969-1980," at The Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, Jan. 26 - Mar. 9, 1995 (LN:95.21)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Image A. " Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. "
Image B. " Two cigars times two cigarsequals four cigars. "
Image C." Two plus two equals four. "
Image D. " Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two. "
verso of mount left center in pencil reading vertically ' J32 "
top left corner " #17 "
bottom right below image D. in pencil " Cumming 1974 "
verso of mount lower right a stamp reading vertically " Crescent "
right edge center a stamp reading vertically " 155007 "

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