Cecil Collins

The Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill November 1951 for £75.0.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

London, The Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by Cecil Collins, November 1951, cat. no.26;
London, The Whitechapel Gallery, Twentieth Century Form: Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture, 9th April - 31st May 1953, cat. no.10;
Hampstead, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Catalogue of the Greater Portion of a Collection of Modern English Paintings, Water Colours, Drawings and Sculpture Belonging to W. A. Evill, March 1955, cat. no.115 (as The Golden Dawn);
London, The Whitechapel Gallery, Cecil Collins: A retrospective exhibition of paintings, drawings and tapestries 1928-1959, November - December 1959, cat. no.66;
London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Water Colours and Sculpture, April - May 1961, (part IV- section 3) cat. no.1 (as The Golden Dawn);
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, cat. no.19.

The sheet is sound, is not laid down and is undulating across the surface slightly. There is an artist's pinhole in the lower right corner. There are a few areas of craquelure to the thicker white pigment and to the orange pigment between the two figures. There are a few other small isolated areas of craquelure around the head of the figure of the left, including a few very minor flecks of paint loss. Otherwise the work is in good overall condition with strong colours throughout. Held under glass in a stained wood frame with a canvas mount. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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