The Great Gift, Stage #12
Artist
Cumming, Robert
American, b. 1943
Date1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
Paper: 10 7/8 x 14 in. (27.6 x 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Paper: 10 7/8 x 14 in. (27.6 x 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph and Nancy Segall
Object number2024:238
About the ArtistRobert Cumming is a painter, photographer, printmaker, and sculptor. He completed his BFA at Massachusetts College of Art (1965) and an MFA at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1967). He is the recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts Grants (1972, 1975, 1979) and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Artist Fellowship (1980-1981). His work is in the collections of the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, among others.
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