Artist
Robert Cumming (American, 1943–2021)American, 1943–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Black & white/white & black rope trick
Date1973
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 3/4 in. (24.9 × 19.7 cm)
Image: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.6 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 3/4 in. (24.9 × 19.7 cm)
Mount: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 3/4 in. (24.9 × 19.7 cm)
Image: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.6 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 3/4 in. (24.9 × 19.7 cm)
Mount: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert
Object number84.805.A,.B
Not on view
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Manipulated Environment," The Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 30 January - 15 March 1987, (LN:87.19)
Exhibited:"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
below image A. in pencil " BLACK & WHITE/WHITE & BLACK ROPE TRICK "
verso of mount top left corner " #8 "
right edge center reading vertically " J8 "
verso of mount top left corner " #8 "
right edge center reading vertically " J8 "
bottom right below image B. in pencil " Cumming 1973 "
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Robert Cumming
1974
Gelatin silver prints
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1973
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1972
Gelatin silver prints
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