Robert Cumming
Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top

Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top

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

Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top
Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top
Date1974
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 11/16 in. (19.4 × 24.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.2 × 25.1 cm)
Image: 7 5/8 × 9 11/16 in. (19.4 × 24.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Mount: 20 × 30 1/16 in. (50.8 × 76.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number84.802.A,.B
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 A. in pencil " TWO NEW BOXES, ONE WITH A BADLY WORN TOP "
verso of mount top left corner #24 "
left edge center reading vertically " J25 "
bottom right below image B. in pencil " Cumming 1974 "

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