Details at the Foot of the Washington Monument

1975

Robert Cumming

Associated Names
Robert Cumming

Artist, American, 1943 - 2021

There are two photographs placed next to each other. The left photo shows a close-up of a stone wall with a handwritten note saying "Details at the foot of the Washington Monument" and the date "8/75." The photographer's shadow is visible. The right photo shows the lower part of the Washington Monument extending out of the frame, with people gathered at its base and American flags in the distance. The color palette is grayscale in both photos.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 gelatin silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1976)

  • 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 Number

    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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