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Cecil Collins papers

[c.1930]–1989

Available online are sketchbooks, drawings, printmaking studies and poetry by Cecil Collins, including preliminary work for the fool series and for the altarpiece 'The Icon of Divine Light', in Chichester Cathedral.

Two letters to Cecil Collins from artists and critics including Henry Moore, John Piper, Julian Trevelyan and Herbert Read are also available online.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Cecil Collins 1908–1989
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Mrs Elisabeth Collins in 1992
Reference
TGA 923

302 objects in this collection

  • Cecil Collins papers

    302 Objects

    • Cecil Collins’ artwork

      300 Objects

      • Sketchbooks

        8 Objects

      • Loose drawings and studies

        97 Objects

      • Commissioned work

        1 Object

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        164 Objects

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        30 Objects

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      2 Objects

Title
Loose drawings and studies
Date
1922–[1980s]
Reference
TGA 923/1/2

Showing 1–20 of 97 objects

Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of a king or queen by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Trial card with pencil and ink

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing, with a tree and star, by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Abstract drawing by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
1957

Drawing of a head of a woman by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
1966

Drawing of a head by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Abstract painting by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Colour wash by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of figures in a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Fragment of studies, mostly figures by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Abstract design, possibly figures by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of a reclining nude and two standing nudes in a landscape, by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of figures in a landscape, by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of figures under a canopy in a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of figures under a canopy in a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of a radiant angel before the sun by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Sketch of a horse by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of a woman in landscape, carrying a spherical object, by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known
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