Robert Cumming

Make-up Lab, Universal Studios, California, 1977
1977

A black and white photo of a makeup lab table cluttered with various facial part molds and prosthetics, including a Neanderthal brow mold, nose mold, old age eye pouches, and rubber additions to a nose. There are also labeled life masks of Richard Pryor and Patrick McGoohan, and neck molds for a Harry Truman role. The table also has containers and tools scattered around, with handwritten labels identifying the different items.

A black and white photo of a makeup lab table cluttered with various facial part molds and prosthetics, including a Neanderthal brow mold, nose mold, old age eye pouches, and rubber additions to a nose. There are also labeled life masks of Richard Pryor and Patrick McGoohan, and neck molds for a Harry Truman role. The table also has containers and tools scattered around, with handwritten labels identifying the different items.

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Date
1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4in. (24.4 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
2000.369

Series
Studio Still Lifes Universal Studios, California 1977

Edition
1/25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Cumming / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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