William Cumming began as a self-taught artist who grew up in Tukwila, a small town outside Seattle. In 1937, at the age of twenty, he met Morris Graves, who was at that time working in Seattle for the Federal Art project of the Works Progress Administration. Through Graves he soon became part of the circle of friends who came to be known as the Northwest School of artists: Mark Tobey, then nearing fifty, the patriarchal leader of the group; Kenneth Callahan and his wife Margaret, a writer and critic who became Cumming's ...
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William Cumming began as a self-taught artist who grew up in Tukwila, a small town outside Seattle. In 1937, at the age of twenty, he met Morris Graves, who was at that time working in Seattle for the Federal Art project of the Works Progress Administration. Through Graves he soon became part of the circle of friends who came to be known as the Northwest School of artists: Mark Tobey, then nearing fifty, the patriarchal leader of the group; Kenneth Callahan and his wife Margaret, a writer and critic who became Cumming's particular mentor; Guy Anderson, Lubin Petric, and others. He has taught for many years at the Art Institute of Seattle and Cornish College of the Arts.
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b/w Illustration By Henry Holiday. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" In pictorial jacket, 8vo, 239pp. Signed by the Author on free-front endpaper. (gift insctiption to endpaper above signature, sm. nicks and light soiling to jacket extremities).
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Signed by Author on ffep. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs & scratches in a mylar cover.
