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.

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

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.
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.
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 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.
Date1973
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
Image: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Mount: 20 × 30 1/16 in. (50.8 × 76.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number84.803.A,.B
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
below image A. in pencil " SANDRA AND I GOT HOME AROUND TEN LAST NIGHT AND THOUGHT WE SAW A NOTE ON THE DOOR> "
below image B. in pencil " IT WAS TOO HARD TO READ-BEING ONLY LIGHT AND SHADOW ON THE SCREEN. "
verso of mount top left corner "#3 "
left edge center reading vertically " J17 "
bottom right below image B. in pencil " Cumming 1973 "

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