Robert Cumming
Spotlit step

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Artist Robert Cumming (American, 1943–2021)American, 1943–2021

CultureAmerican

Titles

Spotlit step

Date1973

PlaceUnited States

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Image: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.6 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Mount: 20 × 29 7/8 in. (50.8 × 75.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert

Object number84.806.A,.B

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceArnold Gilbert and Temmie Gilbert; given to MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Manipulated Environment," The Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 30 January - 15 March 1987, (LN:87.19)

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

bottom left below image A. in pencil " SPOTLIT STEP "
verso of mount bottom right corner " #90 "
right edge center reading vertically " J6 "

bottom right below image B. in pencil " Cumming 1973 "

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