Details at the Foot of the Washington Monument

1975

Robert Cumming

Artist, American, 1943 - 2021

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 gelatin silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 19.05 × 24.13 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    mount: 50.8 × 71.12 cm (20 × 28 in.)
    mat: 55.88 × 71.12 cm (22 × 28 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.4143

  • Copyright

    R. Cumming


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Cumming, Orange, CA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Castelli Graphics, New York), 1976; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • The Nation’s Capital in Photographs, 1976: Robert Cumming and Roy DeCarava, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 14 – May 9, 1976

Bibliography

1976

  • The Nation's Capital in Photographs, 1976: Robert Cumming. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1976: 7, 10-11, no. 2.

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Cumming 8/75.; lower left below image: DETAILS AT THE FOOT OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner of mount: ROBERT CUMMING / "DETAILS AT THE FOOT OF[cut off] / WASHINGTON MONUMEN[cut off] / 1975 / 1976.36.1; on verso of mount, lower right: 1976.36.1

Wikidata ID

Q64159509


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