Artworks · Robert Cumming

Chris Mueller, Gunnar Ferdinandsen and Werner Binczek with Clay Killer Whale Mock-Up for Film, “Jaws 2.” –Staff Department

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm), each Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm), each Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm), each

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whaling Ship; movie pilot, “Busters”—Stage #27

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm), each Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm), each Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm), each

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Easel Chairs Made of Maple

1976 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.4 × 24.7 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Each paper: 19.9 × 25 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 76.5 cm (20 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stool Repair

1976 · Gelatin silver prints (3)

Image, right and left: 19.4 × 24.7 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Image, center: 19.4 × 20 cm (7 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Paper, right and left: 20 × 25.2 cm (7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Paper, center: 19.9 × 20 cm (7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Mount: 51 × 76.5 cm (20 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch for Chair/Easel, Chicago, IL

1976 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.5 × 24.6 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 19.8 × 25.1 cm (7 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch for Chair/Easel, Chicago, IL

1976 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio Crackerjacks, 1977

18.5 × 23.7 cm (7 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Table and Chair, Otis Art Institute

1976 · Gelatin silver print

7 9/16 × 9 3/4" (19.3 × 24.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Leaning Structures

1975 · Gelatin silver prints (2) with ink drawing

Each image: 19.4 × 24.7 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Each paper: 20 × 25.2 cm (7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Each mount: 50.7 × 76.7 cm (20 × 30 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Optimum Cubes Drawn from Available Circles/Dinner Plate (Actual Size)

1975 · Gelatin silver print and cardboard

Image: 19.4 × 24.7 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Paper: 19.7 × 25 cm (7 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 51 × 76.5 cm (20 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.); Drawing on cardboard: 28.5 × 27.9 cm (11 1/4 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cross Body, Pen Point Choreography

1975 · Gelatin silver prints (4)

Each image: 17.8 × 17.8 cm (7 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 76.5 cm (20 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Washington Ring-Bound Stationery

1975 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.4 × 24.7 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Each paper: 19.8 × 25.2 cm (7 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 51 × 76.5 cm (20 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Walking Shoes Turned Momentarily in Profile

1975 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image/paper: 19.2 × 24.3 cm (7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Mount: 51 × 76.6 cm (20 1/8 × 30 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Exploding Paintbrush

1975 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 24.6 × 19.2 cm (9 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Each paper: 24.9 × 19.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 75.8 cm (20 × 29 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Distracted in Mid-Stride; Spiked-Heeled Man Kneels to Read

1975 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image/paper: 19.2 × 24.3 cm (7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Each mount: 50.7 × 76.6 cm (20 × 30 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monument Fingernails, Washington DC

1975 · Gelatin silver prints (3), collage and drawing on the third print

Image/paper, right: 14.2 × 15.4 cm (5 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Image/paper, center: 19.1 × 17.2 cm (7 9/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Image/paper, left: 18.9 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 50.9 × 76.6 cm (20 1/16 × 30 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple with a Stick

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.5 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25 × 19.9 cm (9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Mount: 50.7 × 40.5 cm (20 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

67° Body Arc Off Circle Center

1975 · Gelatin silver print with ink drawing

Image: 19.4 × 24.6 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 19.7 × 24.9 cm (7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

How to Grasp/Not to Grasp Poisonous Snakes

1975 · Two gelatin silver prints

each 7 11/16 × 9 3/4" (19.5 × 24.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Patent Triple Roof

1975 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/4 × 7 5/8" (24.7 × 19.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Studies of Wreckage and Explosion

1975 · Two gelatin silver prints

each 7 11/16 × 9 11/16" (19.5 × 24.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cleaning the Sleeping Endymion's Flute, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C

1975 · Two gelatin silver prints

a 7 5/8 × 9 1/2" (19.4 × 24.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Parthenon on Siding

1975 · Gelatin silver print

7 5/8 × 9 11/16" (19.4 × 24.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Academic Shading Exercise

1975 · Two gelatin silver prints

a 7 11/16 × 9 5/8" (19.5 × 24.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Explanations for a Small Split Pond

1974 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.5 × 24.5 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Each paper: 19.9 × 25 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 76.3 cm (20 × 30 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fast and Slow Rain

1974 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.5 × 24.5 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Each paper: 19.7 × 24.9 cm (7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 76.3 cm (20 × 30 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Potential Hazard - Demonstration Nail in a 2" x 2"

1974 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.5 × 24.6 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Each paper: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 50.6 × 76.6 cm (19 15/16 × 30 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Zero Plus Zero Equals Zero/A Doughnut Plus a Doughnut Equals Two Doughnuts

1974 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.4 × 24.6 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Each paper: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 50.9 × 76.1 cm (20 1/16 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bad Night for Writing

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.5 × 24.5 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 19.8 × 24.9 cm (7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mosquito Field

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.4 × 24.6 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 19.8 × 25 cm (7 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.7 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Amputee's Story Rough

1974 · Three gelatin silver prints

each 7 11/16 × 9 11/16" (19.5 × 24.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ben Vautier's 'A' Against Siding

1974 · Gelatin silver print

7 5/8 × 9 11/16" (19.4 × 24.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Double Negatives

1974 · Two gelatin silver prints

a 7 9/16 × 9 5/8" (19.3 × 24.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fly Field

1974 · Gelatin silver print with black ink border

15 5/8 × 19 7/8" (39.7 × 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Girl's Story

1974 · Three gelatin silver prints

each 9 11/16 × 7 11/16" (24.6 × 19.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Toy Boat Afloat in Small Pond; Upon Setting Sail, Sinks Reflection

1974 · Two gelatin silver prints

each 7 11/16 × 9 11/16" (19.6 × 24.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2 Shelves Plus 2 Shelves Equals 4 Shelves. 2 Apples Plus 2 Apples Equals 4 Apples

1974 · Two gelatin silver prints

a 9 3/4 × 7 9/16" (24.8 × 19.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bucket and Reflection

1974 · Gelatin silver print

7 5/8 × 9 11/16" (19.4 × 24.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Ball Was Left by the Foot of the Folding Screen / The Ball Was Left by the Foot of the Stairs

1974 · Gelatin silver print

7 9/16 × 7 9/16" (19.2 × 19.2 cm), (irreg.)

Museum of Modern Art

It Was Around Dinner When the Ball Went Through the Screen

1974 · Two gelatin silver prints

each 9 3/4 × 7 11/16" (24.7 × 19.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sandra and the Door

1973 · Gelatin silver prints (3)

Each image: 24.6 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Each paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 76.4 cm (20 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Feathered Light Source

1973 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.6 × 24.7 cm (7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.); Each paper: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 51 × 76.1 cm (20 1/8 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composite Fingerprints

1973 · Gelatin silver prints (2)

Each image: 19.5 × 24.7 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Each paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 50.6 × 76.6 cm (19 15/16 × 30 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Re-constructed, Gray Cardboard, Chair/Ladder in Los Angeles

1973 · Gelatin silver prints (3)

Each image: 24.6 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Each paper: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.); Mount: 51 × 76.5 cm (20 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Western Beers

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.5 × 24.6 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 51 × 40.6 cm (20 1/8 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plan for a Shelf

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.6 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.); Mount: 50.6 × 40.7 cm (19 15/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chair Trick

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.6 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.5 cm (20 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ben Vautier's "A" as it appeared in the Los Angeles Times

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.5 × 24.5 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Composite Hands

1973 · Two gelatin silver prints

Each 7 7/8 × 10 1/16" (20 × 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art