Original art, ca. 1920-1990.

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Original art, ca. 1920-1990.

Art work produced by Mary Oppen between 1920 and 1990. The collection includes sketches, watercolors, oil paintings, and collages. One of the more famous works is the paper collage portrait of her husband, Pulitzer Prize winning poet George Oppen.

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Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990

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Poet, artist, and spouse of Pulitzer Prize winning poet George Oppen. She is perhaps best known for MEANING A LIFE (1978), an account of George's and her marriage. She died in 1990. From the description of Original art, ca. 1920-1990. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32105332 A writer, artist, and wife of Pulitzer Prize winning poet George Oppen. Mary Oppen was born in 1908 in Kalispell, Montana, and was raised in rural Oreg...