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Thy Thoughts O Life

Cecil Collins, 1942

This work was painted the year Collins started work on 'The Vision of the Fool' and the visual imagery - the sea, an island, the heart with a key, the shooting star illuminating the sky - is closely related to the concerns of his written work.

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Title of artwork, date

Thy Thoughts O Life, 1942

Date supported

1992

Medium and material

Watercolour, Watercolour & ink on paper

Dimensions

38 x 56 cm

Grant

2000

Total cost

8000

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