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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

    • Correspondence

      2 Objects

Title
Cecil Collins papers
Date
[c.1930]–1989
Description
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.
Reference
TGA 923

Showing 1–20 of 302 objects

Cecil Collins Plymouth Education Authority Exercise Book used as a sketchbook

1924–7

Cecil Collins Exercise Book, without covers, used as a sketchbook

1924–7

Cecil Collins Exercise Book, without covers, used as a sketchbook

1924–7

Cecil Collins Winsor & Newton Charcoal Sketch Book

1929

Cecil Collins Lion Drawing Book

[1930s]

Cecil Collins Derwent Scrapbook

1936–7

Cecil Collins Duplicate, numbered, peach and pale green paged book

[1940]

Cecil Collins Green ‘Drawing Block’ sketchbook, made by Heffer & sons, Cambridge, used by Cecil Collins on a visit to France

[1950–1]

Cecil Collins Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins

date not known

Cecil Collins Drawing of a king or queen by Cecil Collins

date not known

Cecil Collins Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins

date not known

Cecil Collins Trial card with pencil and ink

date not known

Cecil Collins Drawing, with a tree and star, by Cecil Collins

date not known

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

date not known

Cecil Collins Abstract painting by Cecil Collins

date not known

Cecil Collins Colour wash by Cecil Collins

date not known

Cecil Collins Drawing of figures in a landscape by Cecil Collins

date not known

Cecil Collins Fragment of studies, mostly figures by Cecil Collins

date not known
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