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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

  • Cecil Collins papers

    302 Objects

    • Cecil Collins’ artwork

      300 Objects

      • Sketchbooks

        8 Objects

      • Loose drawings and studies

        97 Objects

      • Commissioned work

        1 Object

      • Printmaking experiments

        164 Objects

      • Data studies and colour charts

        30 Objects

    • Correspondence

      2 Objects

Title
Printmaking experiments
Reference
TGA 923/1/4

Showing 1–20 of 164 objects

Handwritten notes relating to printmaking

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment of a vase

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment of a face

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment, possibly of a vase

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment of a vase

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment of a face

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment of a female nude

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment

Cecil Collins
date not known

Printmaking experiment of a face

Cecil Collins
date not known
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