Robert’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Long Tits, Milwaukee, WI
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Illustration of the Principles of The Uplift Bra "-in compliance with and/or defiance of women's lib and the exploitation of the female form as object," Fullerton, CA
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Asshole Ritz Cracker
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Fast and Slow Rain
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Exploding Paintbrush
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Zero Plus Zero Equals Zero/A Doughnut Plus a Doughnut Equals Two Doughnuts
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

C.W. and Tacks
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Two Explanations for a Small Split Pond
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Leaning Structures
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Sketch for Chair/Easel, Chicago, IL
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Bad Night for Writing
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Quick Shift of the Head Leaves Glowing Stool Afterimage Posited on Pedestal
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Mosquito Field
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Bill Wegman's Screen Sculpture, Milwaukee, WI
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

R. Cumming, Wm. Wegman, Milwaukee, WI
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Coleman Cooler, Borrego Desert, CA
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Cross Body, Pen Point Choreography
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Monument Fingernails, Washington DC
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Couple with a Stick
Robert Cumming American, 1943-2021

Castor Criss-Cross Pollux, from First Three Minutes
Robert Cumming, (American, born 1943) printed by Susan Steinbrock, Steven Anderson, Mary Pat Opatz published by Vermillion Editions Limited