Robert Cumming
Black & White Rope Trick

Black & White Rope Trick

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

Black & White Rope Trick
Black & White Rope Trick
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Black & White Rope Trick
Date1973
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage (Each): 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.5 × 19.4 cm)
 Sheet (Each): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.3014.A,.B
Not on view

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Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso in pencil near top edge [ A. ] "Black & White Rope Trick", [ B. ] " White & Black Rope Trick "
verso in pencil from left edge on A and right edge on B six horizontal lines

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Gelatin silver prints
84.802.A,.B
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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
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Gelatin silver prints
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I write quite a lot. A cross-section of a table like the one I write on.
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1975
Gelatin silver prints
84.801.A,.B