Robert Cumming
Camera Lens Opened Around Midnight

Camera Lens Opened Around Midnight

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

Camera Lens Opened Around Midnight
Camera Lens Opened Around Midnight
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Camera Lens Opened Around Midnight
Date1971
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage : 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (19.4 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)
Mount: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number84.339
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArnold Gilbert and Temmie Gilbert; given to MFAH, 1984.
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
bottom left below image in pencil " CAMERA LENS OPENED AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR ROUGHLY 1/2 HR. / -ABOUT THE TIME IT TAKES TO SMOKE A SMALL CIGAR. / LIGHT SWASHES ARE MATCHES BEING LIT AND THE SMALL / WHITE DOTS ARE DRAGS OFF THE CIGAR. "
verso of mount top left " # 58 "
right center reading vertically " J 100 "
bottom right below image in pencil " Cumming "

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