Roneo print on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/cecil-collins-930" aria-label="More by Cecil Collins" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Cecil Collins</a>
Artists Wife Seated in a Tree
Presented by Elisabeth and Cecil Collins 1981
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: birds
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
bird - non-specific
cloud
Collins, Elisabeth, née Ramsden
cup / mug
Heaven
Heaven
Heaven - cloud
hill
individuals: female
Judaeo-Christian imagery
kitchen
landscape
mysticism
mythical, religious, fictional
named individuals
objects
people
places
portraits
religion and belief
religious
river
sitting
smiling
symbols and personifications
tree
vision
water: inland
weather
woman
work and occupations
paper print roneo
The Artist’s Wife Seated in a Tree
image: 222 × 178 mm
Presented by Elisabeth and Cecil Collins 1981
<p><b>P11017</b> THE ARTIST'S WIFE SEATED IN A TREE 1944
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Cecil Collins 1944’ bottom right and ‘5/7’
<br/>Roneo, printed and published by the artist, 8 3/4×7 (22.2×17.8)
<br/>Presented by Elisabeth and Cecil Collins 1981
<br/>Lit: op.cit., no.12
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<br/>During the War, when materials were hard to get, and Collins had little working space, he started to use a Roneo office duplicating kit to make original <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a>. He drew through a waxed sheet and transferred the image by means of a roller and Roneo <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Ink'"><span>ink</span></a>. Collins made a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> of this subject in 1976.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-13T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults animals: birds artist, painter arts and entertainment bird - non-specific cloud Collins, Elisabeth, née Ramsden cup / mug Heaven Heaven Heaven - cloud hill individuals: female Judaeo-Christian imagery kitchen landscape mysticism mythical, religious, fictional named individuals objects people places portraits religion and belief religious river sitting smiling symbols and personifications tree vision water: inland weather woman work and occupations