Robert Cumming
Mosquito Field

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Mosquito Field

Date1974

PlaceUnited States

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsSheet (Each): 7 5/16 × 9 in. (18.6 × 22.9 cm)
Mount: 20 × 30 1/8 in. (50.8 × 76.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert

Object number84.808.A-.D

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceArnold Gilbert and Temmie Gilbert; given to MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History"Robert Cumming L'oeuvre photographique 1969-1980/Retrospective," Fonds Regional D'Art Contemporain, Limoges, France, August 4–October 29, 1994.

"Robert Cumming: Photographic Works, 1969-1980," The Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, January 26–March 9, 1995.

"Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 2, 2011–February 13, 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom left below image in pencil " MOSQUITO FIELD "
verso of mount top left corner " # 15 "
left edge center reading vertically " J 23 "

bottom right below image in pencil " Cumming 1974 "

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