Approaching Objects

Jan 10–May 31, 2003

Abstract black and white painting with concentric and radiating lines creating a tunnel-like effect, framed by a bright yellow border. The artwork features a signature in the lower right corner and some text on the lower left side within the image.
Abstract black and white painting with concentric and radiating lines creating a tunnel-like effect, framed by a bright yellow border. The artwork features a signature in the lower right corner and some text on the lower left side within the image.

Robert Cumming, Black Shoe, 1987. Monotype, sheet: 29 1/2 × 38 in. (74.9 × 96.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 88.23. © Robert Cumming / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Approaching Objects was curated by David Kiehl.

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