Robert Cumming

Set Pieces on Backlot, Universal Studios, Calif., 1977

1977

Stone spiral staircase beside a framed booth labeled Local 376 Painters and Plasterers Union.

Stone spiral staircase beside a framed booth labeled Local 376 Painters and Plasterers Union.

Not on view

Date
1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.2 × 24.4 cm)

Accession number
2000.375

Edition
1/25

Credit line
Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

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

API
artworks/12495

Part of a series:
Studio Still Lifes Universal Studios, California 1977
48 works

A man in a suit stands by a large window looking out over industrial rooftops.

Several folding chairs arranged on a stage set of a backyard flat for the Nancy Drew series.

A folding clothes drying rack holds towels and garments beside a wooden railing and bushes.

A wheeled makeup table with a lighted mirror stands on a studio stage.

Three men pose beside a large clay killer whale mock-up being built for the film "Jaws 2".

A large wooden lattice panel leaning against a workshop wall with a small vent on the floor.

Three lifelike mannequin figures with damaged limbs and anguished expressions piled together on a bench.

A woman sits on a couch examining a miniature sewing machine from a large collection on the table.

Woman in white coat stands beside a shelf displaying multiple statuette awards and dress forms.

A large stack of firewood under a porch with snow and icicles on the roof.

Robert Cumming
90 works in the collection, 5 exhibitions

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