Artist
Robert Cumming (American, 1943–2021)American, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Watermelon/Bread
Date1970
PlaceMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19.1 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 24.9 cm)
Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 24.9 cm)
Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim
Object number83.319
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Glassell School January 23 - March 4, 1990
Exhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988
Exhibited: "Robert Cumming: Cone of Vision," Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, 28 May - 7 Aug 1993, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 4 Sep - 28 Nov 1993, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, 25 Feb - 14 May 1994, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, 28 Jun - 28 Aug 1994 (LN:93.9)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in pencil " WATERMELON/ BREAD 1970 "
verso of mount top left " #55 "
left edge center reading vertically " J85 "
bottom right corner " Cumming "
verso of mount top left " #55 "
left edge center reading vertically " J85 "
bottom right corner " Cumming "
bottom right below image in pencil " Cumming "
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Robert Cumming
August 1975
Gelatin silver prints
82.42.A,.B
