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A Truck is an Object

A Truck is an Object

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

A Truck is an Object
A Truck is an Object
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Truck is an Object
Date1970
PlaceMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (23.8 × 17.9 cm)
 Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
 Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number84.335
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArnold Gilbert and Temmie Gilbert; given to MFAH, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in pencil " A TRUCK IS AN OBJECT, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 1970 "
verso of mount bottom left "#56 "
bottom center " J 86 "
bottom right below image in pencil " Cumming "

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Male/Female
Robert Cumming
Male/Female
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Gelatin silver prints
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cropped recto of mount
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Chair Trick, Orange County
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1973
Gelatin silver print
2002.3016
For several years the lunchbox and briefcase were left at the foot of the stairs. It took several months to get used to the new location by the base of the screen.
Robert Cumming
For several years the lunchbox and briefcase were left at the foot of the stairs. It took several months to get used to the new location by the base of the screen.
1974
Gelatin silver prints
84.798.A,.B
Bob bounced the 2 balls off the garage wall by himself till he was joined by a friend.
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Bob bounced the 2 balls off the garage wall by himself till he was joined by a friend.
1974
Gelatin silver prints
84.799.A,.B
Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top
Robert Cumming
Two New Boxes; One with a Badly Worn Top
1974
Gelatin silver prints
84.802.A,.B
Sandra and I got home around 10 last night and thought we saw a note on the door. It was too hard to read - being only light and shadow on the screen.
Robert Cumming
Sandra and I got home around 10 last night and thought we saw a note on the door. It was too hard to read - being only light and shadow on the screen.
1973
Gelatin silver prints
84.803.A,.B
John and Denise Reading / Sweeping
Robert Cumming
John and Denise Reading / Sweeping
August, 1975
Gelatin silver prints
84.800.A,.B
I write quite a lot. A cross-section of a table like the one I write on.
Robert Cumming
I write quite a lot. A cross-section of a table like the one I write on.
1975
Gelatin silver prints
84.801.A,.B
Robert Cumming