Robert Cumming
Coffee cup, tea cup and me-cup. Coffee cups, tea cups, and she-cups.

Coffee cup, tea cup and me-cup.  Coffee cups, tea cups, and she-cups.

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

Coffee cup, tea cup and me-cup. Coffee cups, tea cups, and she-cups.
Coffee cup, tea cup and me-cup.  Coffee cups, tea cups, and she-cups.
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Coffee cup, tea cup and me-cup. Coffee cups, tea cups, and she-cups.
Date1972
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.2 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 24.9 cm)
Image: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 24.9 cm)
Mount: 20 × 29 7/8 in. (50.8 × 75.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number84.804.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)

Exhibited: "Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Upper Brown Pavilion, September 30, 2001 - February 3, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image A. in pencil " COFFEE CUP, TEA CUP AND ME -CUP "
bottom left below image B. in pencil " COFFEE CUPS. TEA CUPS AND SHE -CUPS "
verso of mount top left corner " #104 "
bottom right corner " 67 "
right edge center reading vertically " J2 "
bottom right below image B. in pencil " Cumming "

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