Robert Cumming

Snow Scene under Construction; film, "It's a Wonderful Life"-Stage #12

1977

Crew members build a large indoor snow scene set with backdrop and equipment on a film stage.

Crew members build a large indoor snow scene set with backdrop and equipment on a film stage.

Not on view

Date
1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm) Image: 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm)

Accession number
2006.116.1

Edition
9/25 | 3 APs

Credit line
Gift of Nancy and Ralph Segall

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

API
artworks/25187

Part of a series:
Studio Still Lifes
23 works

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".

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.

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

Architectural workspace with small coastal model, rolled blueprints, ruler, and drawing on table.

A scale model of a Florida ocean floor with a suspended shark and boats for film set design.

Scale model of an ocean floor set with labeled underwater rig, shark, and overturned boats.

Robert Cumming
90 works in the collection, 5 exhibitions

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