Cecil Collins papers
[c.1930]–1989
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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
- Title
- Loose drawings and studies
- Date
- 1922–[1980s]
- Reference
- TGA 923/1/2
Showing 1–20 of 97 objects
Cecil Collins Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of a king or queen by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Trial card with pencil and ink
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Cecil Collins Drawing, with a tree and star, by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Abstract drawing by Cecil Collins
1957
Cecil Collins Drawing of a head of a woman by Cecil Collins
1966
Cecil Collins Drawing of a head by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Abstract painting by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Colour wash by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of figures in a landscape by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Fragment of studies, mostly figures by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Abstract design, possibly figures by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of a reclining nude and two standing nudes in a landscape, by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of figures in a landscape, by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of figures under a canopy in a landscape by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of figures under a canopy in a landscape by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of a radiant angel before the sun by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Sketch of a horse by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of a woman in landscape, carrying a spherical object, by Cecil Collins
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