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
- 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 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