Robert Cumming
Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.

Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.

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Artist Robert Cumming (American, 1943–2021)American, 1943–2021

CultureAmerican

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Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. Two cigars times two cigars equals four cigars. Two plus two equals four. Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two.

Date1974

PlaceOrange, California, United States

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 3 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (8.7 × 24.4 cm)
Image/Sheet: 3 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (8.9 × 24.3 cm)
Image/Sheet: 3 7/8 × 9 9/16 in. (9.8 × 24.3 cm)
Image/Sheet: 3 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (9.5 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 29 7/8 in. (50.5 × 75.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert

Object number83.321.A-.D

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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

Image A. " Two cigars plus two cigars equals four cigars. "
Image B. " Two cigars times two cigarsequals four cigars. "
Image C." Two plus two equals four. "
Image D. " Eleven plus eleven equals twenty-two. "
verso of mount left center in pencil reading vertically ' J32 "
top left corner " #17 "

bottom right below image D. in pencil " Cumming 1974 "

verso of mount lower right a stamp reading vertically " Crescent "
right edge center a stamp reading vertically " 155007 "

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