William Cumming: The Image of Consequence by Matthew Kangas - 2005-08

Seattle: The Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Fine. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 11'' x 8 1/2''. 159pp. Nicely illustrated with mostly color plates. "American artist William Cumming is known for his bright, kinetic paintings of scenes from everyday life. His paintings are at once familiar and strange, portraying figures-often children-engaged in ordinary activities, but rendered abstract through flat planes of color and obscured faces."-portlandartmuseum.

Univ of Washington Press. NF. 2005. Paperback. Paperback in Near Fine condition. 8.5 X 0.5 X 11 inches. 160 pages. Signed by William Cumming on front endpaper. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. .

Univ of Washington Pr, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed and dated by Cummings on the half-title. Light wear, else a nice Near Fine copy, with a a tight uncreased spine. 159pp. Chronology, bibliography. Illustrated throughout with more than fifty reproductions within text, plus a section of seventy-seven full color plates.

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Seattle: Charles and University of Washington Press, 2005.. 4to. 159 pp. Very Good+. Soft Cover. Stiff illustrated paper wraps with French folds. Color plates throughout.William Cumming (b. 1917) is one of the most complex and contradictory American artists of the past century. Painter, correspondent, art and music critic, educator, memoirist, and loquacious interview subject, Cumming is heard here in his own words and through art critic Matthew Kangas, who brings together 140 crucial works and situates Cumming in the cultural context of his times - artistic, social, and political, including his years in the Communist Party USA." "Unaffected by decades of rapid stylistic changes in the art world, Cumming remained committed to the image of consequence - socially relevant subject matter - through the Great Depression, the "lost years" of World War II, and the Cold War. He then embraced a renewed sense of life, hope, and a second "conversion" to modernist painting's precepts of color, shadow, line,… Read More

Univ of Washington Pr, 2005-08-05. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Museum; University of Washington Press (Distribution). New. 2005. Paperback. 0295985550 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 160 pp. With 139 ills. (127 col. ). 28 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .