Robert Cumming
Bad Memories of Improper Electrical Application

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Bad Memories of Improper Electrical Application
from the series Minor Household Mishaps

Date1975

PlaceUnited States

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet (ea. approx.): 7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (20 × 25.1 cm)
Mount: 20 × 29 7/8 in. (50.8 × 75.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert

Object number84.331.A,.B

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceArnold Gilbert and Temmie Gilbert; given to MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited:"The Alternative Image III: Visual Paradox", John Michael Kohler Arts Center, New York, NY6 December 1987 - 14 February 1988 (LN:87.14)

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)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

left to right below image .A in pencil : -FROM "MINOR HOUSEHOLD MISHAPS", BAD MEMORIES OF IMPROPER ELECTRICAL APPLICATION.
verso of mount bottom right in pencil : #38, left side reading vertically : J19

bottom right below image .B in pencil : Cumming 1975.

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