E.E. Cummings' Art, p. 5

1945-02-18. Oil on cardboard. 14-1/2" x 8-1/2". [#031618] $4,000

c. 1921. In the 1920s, E.E. Cummings was a regular contributor of both writing and artwork to The Dial magazine, which was the preeminent Modernist journal of its time, publishing such writers as Joyce, Pound, Eliot, Cocteau, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Ford Madox Ford and such artists as Picasso, Cezanne, Matisse and Kandinsky. Cummings was only 25 years old when his first pieces were accepted for The Dial and, notably, it was the only place where his poems and his artwork were published side by side on a regular basis. The January, 1921 issue had four drawings and a poem ("Puella Mea") by Cummings: this is Cummings' original sketch for one of those drawings, perhaps the most well-known of them, of a fawn on its hind legs, next to a nude woman, beneath a tree. This sketch was used as his pencil transfer, and as such is drawn on both sides of the paper. The final product, which was ink and graphite on paper, is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a bequest of Scofield Thayer, Cummings' friend and mentor and the editor of The Dial. This sketch is on 8-3/8" x 10-7/8" paper, with a 5" x 9" pencil border. Stained and chipped, mostly in the right margin; very good. With a Gotham Book Mart exhibit number (#245) in the upper left hand corner, where a chip is pending. A copy of The Dial, Vol. LXX, No 1 [NY: Dial, 1921], with the published drawing is included and is near fine with a small spine nick and the usual wear to the yapped edges. An iconic image in its very first incarnation. [#029650] $4,000

1945-06-04. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14-1/4". [#034239] $4,000

Oil on cardboard. 8-3/4" x 18". No date. [#034225] $4,000

1941-05-07. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 13". [#034226] $4,000

Ink on paper. 13" x 15-1/4". No date. [#034247] $4,000

Oil on canvasboard. 10" x 14". No date. [#034228] $4,000

Pencil on paper. 16" x 12". No date. [#034207] $3,800

1944-11-16. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 15". [#034209] $3,800

Watercolor. 14-1/2" x 10-1/2". No date. [#033250] $3,800

Pencil on paper. 16" x 12". No date. [#034214] $3,800

Pencil on paper. 18" x 12". No date. [#034211] $3,800

Pencil on paper. 18" x 12". No date. [#034212] $3,800

Pencil on paper. 18" x 12". No date. [#034210] $3,800

Pencil on paper. 12" x 18". No date. [#034208] $3,800

Pencil on paper. 16" x 12". No date. [#034213] $3,800

Oil on composition board. 14" x 8-1/2". No date. [#034203] $3,750

Oil on cardboard. 15" x 8-1/2". No date. [#034200] $3,750

Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14". No date. [#034197] $3,750

Oil on canvasboard. 10" x 14". No date. [#034195] $3,750

Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14-1/2". No date. [#034516] $3,750

Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 17-1/2". No date. [#034205] $3,750

Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14". No date. [#034196] $3,750

Oil on wood. 8-5/8" x 11-3/8". No date. [#034202] $3,750

Oil on canvas. 12" x 9". No date. [#034201] $3,750

1945-02-14. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14". [#034204] $3,750

1942-08-12. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 15-3/4". [#034199] $3,750

1942-07. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14-1/2". [#034198] $3,750

Watercolor. 12-1/4" x 9-3/8". No date. [#034194] $3,700

1939-05-20. Oil on cardboard. 9" x 12". [#034193] $3,700

Watercolor. 14" x 10". No date. [#033242] $3,700

Watercolor and pencil. 9-3/4" x 12-1/2". No date. [#034191] $3,650

Watercolor and pencil. 10-1/2" x 12-1/2". No date. [#034192] $3,650

1942-04-20. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14-1/2". [#034176] $3,500

Oil on cardboard. 14-1/2" x 8-1/2". No date. [#034183] $3,500

(n.p.), (n.p.), (n.d.). The poet E.E. Cummings considered writing and painting to be his "twin obsessions." He received substantial acclaim as an American cubist and abstract avant garde painter between the two World Wars. during which time he served as art editor of The Dial. In 1931, he published a limited edition volume of his artwork entitled CIOPW, named for the media he used: charcoal, ink, oil, pencil, and watercolor. After growing disenchanted with the New York gallery scene, he retreated to painting as a private matter, focusing mostly on landscapes (the White Mountains); portraits (his wife, Marion Morehouse); and nudes and still lifes. This color study, oil on cardboard, is a rare return to his non-representational days. 14" x 8-1/2". Matted and framed to 22" x 17". Unsigned, as was the majority of his work. Fine. Letter of provenance available. [#031623] $3,500

Watercolor. 9" x 12". No date. [#033241] $3,500

Watercolor. 10" x 14". No date. [#033249] $3,500

1948-08-14. Oil on canvas. 8" x 9-1/2". [#031570] $3,500

Oil on cardboard. 6-1/2" x 12-1/4". No date. [#034189] $3,500

1936-06. Oil on canvasboard. 9" x 12". [#034167] $3,500

Oil on cardboard. 14" x 8-1/2". No date. [#034186] $3,500

1945-01-25. Oil on cardboard. 15" x 8-1/2". [#034184] $3,500

Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 12-3/4". No date. [#034179] $3,500

Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 17-3/4". No date. [#034175] $3,500

Oil on cardboard. 14" x 8-1/2". No date. [#034182] $3,500

1944-05-11. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 12". [#034169] $3,500

Oil on cardboard. 17-1/2" x 8-1/2". No date. [#034165] $3,500

1940-05-25. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 17-3/4". [#034161] $3,500

Oil on canvasboard. 12" x 16". No date. [#034188] $3,500