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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

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Plymouth Education Authority Exercise Book used as a sketchbook

Cecil Collins
1924–7

Exercise Book, without covers, used as a sketchbook

Cecil Collins
1924–7

Exercise Book, without covers, used as a sketchbook

Cecil Collins
1924–7

Winsor & Newton Charcoal Sketch Book

Cecil Collins
1929

Lion Drawing Book

Cecil Collins
[1930s]

Derwent Scrapbook

Cecil Collins
1936–7

Duplicate, numbered, peach and pale green paged book

Cecil Collins
[1940]

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

Cecil Collins
[1950–1]

Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of a king or queen by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Fragment of painting, possibly a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Trial card with pencil and ink

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing, with a tree and star, by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Abstract drawing by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
1957

Drawing of a head of a woman by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
1966

Drawing of a head by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Abstract painting by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Colour wash by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Drawing of figures in a landscape by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known

Fragment of studies, mostly figures by Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins
date not known
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