Robert Cumming

Tour Area, Universal Studios, Calif., 1977

1977

Young man cranks a penny-press souvenir machine while a large Jaws shark prop hangs nearby.

Young man cranks a penny-press souvenir machine while a large Jaws shark prop hangs nearby.

Not on view

Date
1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19.1 × 24.4 cm)

Accession number
2001.406

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/12505

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

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

Several folding chairs are arranged in front of a painted backyard stage backdrop.

A folding drying rack with clothes stands by a wooden fence in a backyard by hills.

Make-up table on wheels with a lighted mirror frame standing on a theater stage.

Three men pose beside a large clay killer whale model being constructed in a workshop.

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

Three lifelike mannequin figures sit and lean together, one with mouth open as if screaming.

Film studio stage with painted street backdrop, lighting rigs, and scattered chairs and equipment.

A woman sits on a sofa examining a miniature sewing machine while several miniature machines fill the table.

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

Robert Cumming
90 works in the collection, 5 exhibitions

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