Robert Cumming

Worker, Backlot, Universal Studios, Calif., 1977
1977

A black and white photo showing a man in a plaid shirt standing next to a large, partially disassembled rocket engine inside a workshop. The engine is mounted on a wheeled platform, and various tools and industrial equipment are visible in the background. The man appears to be posing for the photograph, with one hand resting on a large dumpster labeled "Pitch" next to him.
A black and white photo showing a man in a plaid shirt standing next to a large, partially disassembled rocket engine inside a workshop. The engine is mounted on a wheeled platform, and various tools and industrial equipment are visible in the background. The man appears to be posing for the photograph, with one hand resting on a large dumpster labeled "Pitch" next to him.

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Date
1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)

Accession number
2001.400

Series
Studio Still Lifes Universal Studios, California 1977

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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