Robert Cumming
Washington and Baltimore are only about 35 miles distant

Washington and Baltimore are only about 35 miles distant

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

Washington and Baltimore are only about 35 miles distant
Washington and Baltimore are only about 35 miles distant
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Washington and Baltimore are only about 35 miles distant
Date1975
PlaceWashington, District of Columbia, United States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage (Each): 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet (Each): 7 13/16 × 9 7/8 in. (19.8 × 25.1 cm)
Mount: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim
Object number83.317.A,.B
Not on view

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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
bottom left below image A. in pencil " WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE ARE ONLY ABOUT 35- MILES DISTANT "
verso of mount top left corner " #99 "
right edge reading vertically " J59 "
bottom right below image B. in pencil " Cumming "

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