Cecil CollinsThe Angel of the Flowing Light 1968

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Artist
Cecil Collins (1908‑1989)
Title
The Angel of the Flowing Light
Date 1968
MediumTempera on board
Dimensionssupport: 1220 x 1060 mm frame: 1430 x 1275 x 50 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Purchased with assistance from the Carroll Donner Bequest 1985
Reference
T03971
Not on display

Catalogue entry

T03971

Tempera on board, 1220 x 1060 mm (48 x 42 in)
Inscribed by the artist in maroon tempera ‘Cecil Collins 1968’ bottom right
Inscribed by the artist on back in blue oil paint ‘“Angel of the Flowing Light” | (1968) | by | Cecil Collins’, centre, ‘November 28th 1968 | 35 Selwyn GaRdens | CambRidge’, centre right, and ‘size: “4ft x 3ft 6ins”’ bottom left
Inscribed by the artist on labels on back ‘FINBOW PLEASE COLLECT | FRAGILE | PLEASE HANDLE WITH | GREAT CARE DELICATE SURFACES’ t.l., ‘DELIVER To: CECIL COLLINS | 47 PAULTON’S SQUARE | CHELSEA | LONDON SW3 | TelEPHONE FLAXMAN 4043’, centre left, and ‘CECIL COLLINS | 35 SELWYN GARDENS | CAMBRIDGE | Telephone 57796’, bottom right.
Purchased (Carroll Donner Bequest) 1985

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist by Mrs Edward Gage 1973, from whom purchased 1985

Exhibited:
Cecil Collins: Recent Paintings, Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, Sept.-Oct. 1971 (20, repr… (read more)

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