Cecil Collins British, 1908-1989
A Being of the Sea, 1945
watercolour and ink
39.4 x 57.2 cm
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
signed and dated
further signed, titled and dated verso
framed, 51.5 x 69.5 cm (20 1/4 x 27 3/8 in)
further signed, titled and dated verso
framed, 51.5 x 69.5 cm (20 1/4 x 27 3/8 in)
Between 1944 and 1948, the Collinses divided their time between London and Cambridge. His exhibition at Lefevre's (Feb. 1944) escaped major damage despite being blown off the walls during an...
Between 1944 and 1948, the Collinses divided their time between London and Cambridge. His exhibition at Lefevre's (Feb. 1944) escaped major damage despite being blown off the walls during an air raid, and two more exhibitions in London followed in 1945. This period saw the publication of the first monograph on the artist by Alex Comfort (Cecil Collins: Paintings and Drawings 1935-45, 1946) and Collins's own major text written in 1944, The Vision of the Fool (1947). Both confirmed the artist's links with the poets of the 'Apocalypse' group and the associated inclination towards a visionary Neo-Romanticism in painting.
Provenance
Private Collection, California, likely acquired from a London GalleryPrivate Collection, UK
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