Robert Cumming

"Sacramento Arms" Motel Court Looking out on Sternwheeler and Western Sets

1977

Motel courtyard with empty swimming pool, diving board, and midcentury buildings in the background.

Motel courtyard with empty swimming pool, diving board, and midcentury buildings in the background.

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
2006.116.21

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/25209

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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