CECIL COLLINS, R.A. (1908-1989)

Lot 31
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Lot 31 | CECIL COLLINS, R.A. (1908-1989)
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
CECIL COLLINS, R.A. (1908-1989)
The Dreaming Fool
signed and dated 'Cecil Collins/1942.' (upper right); signed and dated again 'Cecil Collins/1942' and inscribed '"A Fool dreaming" (1942)/from the suite "The Holy history of Fools"' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour on paper
11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm.)
Executed in 1942.




Provenance

with Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd, London.
S. Schofield, by 1947.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 January 1984, lot 324, where acquired for the present collection.



Literature

C. Collins, The Vision of the Fool, London, 1947, n.p., no. 16, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Pyms Gallery, British and Irish Works on Paper: 1900-2000, June - July 2004, pp. 60-61, no. 28, illustrated.
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