Couple in embrace: PD.2-1990

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Couple in embrace

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Collins, Cecil

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Legal notes

Bequeathed in 1989; chosen by Mr Scrase from a group of drawings selected by the artist's widow, Mrs Elizabeth Collins.

Measurements and weight

Height: 281 mm
Width: 378 mm

Relative size of this object

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1990) by Collins, Cecil

Dating

Production date: AD 1937

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black ink
Watercolour
White bodycolour

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( grey)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Point of the brush, black ink, watercolour, heightened with white on grey paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Cecil Collins
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: 1937
Location: Lower right, below the above
Type: Date

Text: Cat 950
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Graphite

Related exhibitions

'Fools and Angels' and Other Works by Cecil Collins

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.2-1990
Primary reference Number: 14751
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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