Description: CIOPW ~ (Charcoal, Ink, Oil, Pencil, Watercolors) CUMMINGS, E. E. Published by New York: Covici, Friede, 1931. SIGNED by E.E. CUMMINGS on title page in green. First edition, first printing. Signed, numbered, limited edition of 391 copies, this copy numbered 198. Printed in New York by the Stratford Press. Typography by S.A. Jacobs. Reproductions by the Meriden Gravure Company, Connecticut. Woven burlap covers hardcover spine edge closed split (may have been some repair by previous owner; spine head edges chipped and some edge corner abrasions ; toning to blank endpapers ; light normal to edges of interior ; else good fully intact. Artwork by the poet. Images included : women. nudes, self portraits, Charlie Chaplin, acrobats, burlesque dancers, elephants, Coney Island, portraits, Joe Gould; landscapes .. " Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright...Cummings wrote approximately 2,900 poems. He is often regarded as one of the most important American poets of the 20th century. He is associated with modernist free-form poetry, ... Cummings had more than 30 exhibits of his paintings in his lifetime. He received substantial acclaim as an American cubist and an abstract, avant garde painter between the World Wars, ..In 1931, he published a limited edition volume of his artwork entitled CIOPW, named for his media of charcoal, ink, oil, pencil, and watercolor. About this same time, he began to break from Modernist aesthetics and employ a more subjective and spontaneous style; his work became more representational: landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and portraits"
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Covici, Friede
Subject: Art & Photography
Year Printed: 1931
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: E.E. Cummings
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered, Signed
Author: Cummings, E. E
Personalized: No
Region: North America