Robert Cumming
10 Unique Article "A"'s

10 Unique Article "A"'s

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

10 Unique Article "A"'s
10 Unique Article "A"'s
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 10 Unique Article "A"'s
Date1971–1975
PlaceOrange, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Image: 7 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (18.4 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 3/8 in. (18.9 × 23.8 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 30 in. (50.6 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim
Object number83.318.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Manipulated Environment," The Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 30 January - 15 March 1987, (LN:87.19)

Loaned 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)

Exhibited: "The Clutter of Happenstance: Photographs by Robert Cumming," at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, March 16 to July 5, 1998 (LN:98.18)

Exhibited: "Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Upper Brown Pavilion, September 30, 2001 - February 3, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image A. in pencil " 10 UNIQUE ARTICLE ' A ' 'S
verso of mount left center reading vertically " J62 "
top left corner " #33 "
bottom right below image B. in pencil " Cumming "
verso of mount a printed label " tjb productions / 1535 B Monrovia/Newport Beach / Orange County, California 92660/(714)645-7017 / Custom Plexiglass Framing and Fabrication "

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