Lot 108
- 108
Cecil Collins, R.A.
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Cecil Collins, R.A.
- The Happy Hour
- signed and dated 1943; also signed, dated 1943 and titled on the reverse; further signed and dated 1938 on the canvas overlap
- oil on canvas
- 25 by 18cm.; 10 by 7in.
Provenance
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, where acquired by Leonard Elmhirst, 15th March 1944 for £12.12.0
Gifted by Leonard Elmhirst to The Dartington Hall Trust, 20th November 1971
Gifted by Leonard Elmhirst to The Dartington Hall Trust, 20th November 1971
Exhibited
London, Alex Reid & Lefevre, Cecil Collins, February 1944, cat. no.3;
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Cecil Collins: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Tapestries 1928-1959, November - December 1959, cat. no.36;
Plymouth, Plymouth Arts Centre, Tribute to Cecil Collins, 6th November - 3rd December 1983 cat. no.2, illustrated p.16;
Aldeburgh, Festival Gallery, Cecil Collins, June 1984;
Dartington Hall, The Temenos Exhibition: Work by Past and Future Contributors to Temenos, October - November 1986;
London, The Tate Gallery, Cecil Collins, 10th May - 9th July 1989, cat. no.23;
Plymouth, City Museum & Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Cecil Collins Full Circle (1908-1989), 8th November - 5th January 1991, cat. no.24;
St Ives, Tate, Partnership and Practice, November 1998 - April 1999;
Dartington Hall, High Cross House, c1995 - 2010.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Cecil Collins: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Tapestries 1928-1959, November - December 1959, cat. no.36;
Plymouth, Plymouth Arts Centre, Tribute to Cecil Collins, 6th November - 3rd December 1983 cat. no.2, illustrated p.16;
Aldeburgh, Festival Gallery, Cecil Collins, June 1984;
Dartington Hall, The Temenos Exhibition: Work by Past and Future Contributors to Temenos, October - November 1986;
London, The Tate Gallery, Cecil Collins, 10th May - 9th July 1989, cat. no.23;
Plymouth, City Museum & Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Cecil Collins Full Circle (1908-1989), 8th November - 5th January 1991, cat. no.24;
St Ives, Tate, Partnership and Practice, November 1998 - April 1999;
Dartington Hall, High Cross House, c1995 - 2010.
Literature
Cecil Collins, The Vision of the Fool, Chipping Norton, (2nd edition)1981, illustrated pl.1;
William Anderson, Cecil Collins: the Quest for the Great Happiness, London, 1988, illustrated pl.105;
Cecil Collins (introduction), The Dartington Years 1936-1943, High Cross House, The Dartington Hall Trust, 1997, illustrated p.14.
William Anderson, Cecil Collins: the Quest for the Great Happiness, London, 1988, illustrated pl.105;
Cecil Collins (introduction), The Dartington Years 1936-1943, High Cross House, The Dartington Hall Trust, 1997, illustrated p.14.
Condition
Original canvas. The canvas is undulating slightly, particularly beneath the figure's extended arm.
There are a few lines of craquelure, mainly in the foreground and in the upper left quadrant. There is some frame abrasion about the edges, with particular wear in the corners.
Ultraviolet light reveals a few flecks of retouching along the lower edge and in the upper right corner. Other pigments fluoresce but these appear to be the hand of the artist.
Held under glass in a stained wood box frame with a cloth inset; unexamined out of frame.
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