“Marion”

by E. E Cummings

$4,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

Oil on card, signed “Cummings” on verso, with separate inscription on card, visible from rear of frame, “For Allen Tate, from E.E. Cummings”. Image 12 x 8-1/2 in. Light chipping to card edges. Matted and framed. Item #262675 An oil bust portrait of Cummings’ wife, Marion Morehouse, given to Allen Tate. With an inscription from Cummings to Tate and a letter from Tate’s wife establishing the provenance of the painting.

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