Exploding Paintbrush

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Robert Cumming

Title

Exploding Paintbrush

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1975

Medium

Gelatin silver prints (2)

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on mount, lower left, below left image, in graphite: "EXPLODING PAINTBRUSH."; signed and inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below right image, in graphite: "Cumming 1975."; inscribed verso, on sticker affixed to mount, upper left, in black ink: "17" [partially obscured by white linen tape]; verso, on sticker affixed to mount, upper left, in black ink: "ab" [partially obscured by white linen tape]; verso, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "#37"; verso, on mount, lower right, sideways, in graphite: "J43"

Dimensions

Each image: 24.6 × 19.2 cm (9 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Each paper: 24.9 × 19.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 75.8 cm (20 × 29 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert

Reference Number

1983.825

Extended information about this artwork

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