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Sound No. 2
ca. 191918 13/16 x 23 7/8 in. (47.8 x 60.6 cm)
E. E. Cummings
American (Cambridge, MA, 1894 - 1962, North Conway, NH)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on paper
Credit Line:
Gift of a Friend of the Gallery in memory of Hildegarde Lasell Watson
Accession Number:
1978.27
Location: Not currently on view
Like other early 20th century artists, e.e.cummings explored the potential of sensory relationships - dizzying compositions, and combinations of vivid color and bold patterns that suggest sound, for example. This paralleled his efforts to incorporate multiple sensory effects in his poetry. He worked in this style through 1925; in the years following, cummings abandoned abstraction and found delight in bringing his own experimental style to representational scenes.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- e.e. cummings Memorial Art Gallery 6/8/1945 - 00/00/00
- Selected Work from the Art Collection of Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr. Memorial Art Gallery 8/19/1985 - 9/21/1985
- e.e.cummings in the Memorial Art Gallery Collections- The Voice of your Eyes Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester 3/9/2005 - 5/22/2005
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Susan Dodge Peters. Selected Work From the Art Collection of Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr.. Rochester, NY: Bevier Gallery, RIT, 1985.
- Milton A. Cohen. Poet and Painter: The Aesthetics of E.E. Cummings's Early Work. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1987.
- Article Scope: Mention. Richard S. Kennedy. Dreams in the Mirror: A Biography of E. E. Cummings. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1980.
- Article Author: Kidder, Rushworth M.. Article Title: E. E. Cummings, Painter. Article Scope: Mention. Harvard Library Bulletin. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Library Volume Number: XXIII, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: April 1975. Page Number: 132
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