Robert Cumming
Time, Space, Energy Consumption

Time, Space, Energy Consumption

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

Time, Space, Energy Consumption
Time, Space, Energy Consumption
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Time, Space, Energy Consumption
Date1970
PlaceMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
 Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 15/16 in. (19.8 × 25.2 cm)
 Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number84.336
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArnold Gilbert and Temmie Gilbert; given to MFAH, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in pencil " TIME, SPACE, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 1970 "
verso of mount right edge center reading vertically " J 89 "
bottom right corner "#22 "
bottom right below image in pencil " Cumming "

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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
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.
1974
Gelatin silver prints
83.321.A-.D
Male/Female
Robert Cumming
Male/Female
1976
Gelatin silver print and chromogenic prints
84.810.A-.C
uncropped recto of sheets
Robert Cumming
Message Left on Screen
1973
Gelatin silver prints
2002.3015.A,.B
Black & White Rope Trick
Robert Cumming
Black & White Rope Trick
1973
Gelatin silver prints
2002.3014.A,.B
Four Sides of a Small House
Robert Cumming
Four Sides of a Small House
1974
Gelatin silver prints
84.809.A,.B
Walking Shoes Turned Momentarily in Profile (Denise in Heels)
Robert Cumming
Walking Shoes Turned Momentarily in Profile (Denise in Heels)
August 1975
Gelatin silver prints
82.42.A,.B
cropped recto of mount
Robert Cumming
Plan for a Shelf, Orange, California
1973
Gelatin silver print
2002.3013
Chair Trick, Orange County
Robert Cumming
Chair Trick, Orange County
1973
Gelatin silver print
2002.3016
Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top
Robert Cumming
Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top
1974
Gelatin silver prints
84.802.A,.B
Sandra and I got home around 10 last night and thought we saw a note on the door. It was too hard to read - being only light and shadow on the screen.
Robert Cumming
Sandra and I got home around 10 last night and thought we saw a note on the door. It was too hard to read - being only light and shadow on the screen.
1973
Gelatin silver prints
84.803.A,.B
John and Denise Reading / Sweeping
Robert Cumming
John and Denise Reading / Sweeping
August, 1975
Gelatin silver prints
84.800.A,.B
I write quite a lot. A cross-section of a table like the one I write on.
Robert Cumming
I write quite a lot. A cross-section of a table like the one I write on.
1975
Gelatin silver prints
84.801.A,.B