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 21–40 of 97 objects
Cecil Collins Drawing of a landscape by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of an angelic figure and burning wheels by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Sketch of trees and a head by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing titled ‘Stars falling into sea’ by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of a crucifixion by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Abstract drawing by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Abstract drawing by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of a landscape with mountains, stars and flower or tree-like forms, by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of an angel with arm outstretched towards a figure in a boat on the water, by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of faint outlines of a tree by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins A rough composition sketch of a figure in a landscape by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Sketch includes trees and wheel-like shapes by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Sketch includes jack-in-a-box figure by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Abstract design by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins A rough drawing including a fool figure and a tree by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Sketch of a sun-face above water 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 Large doodle drawing by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins Drawing of symbols by Cecil Collins
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Cecil Collins A rough drawing of symbols by Cecil Collins
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