Wife of the Artist
For Collins, the Anima was the embodiment of the compassionate female spirit whilst the Angel acted in the traditional role as a messenger able to travel between the earthly and the spiritual world. Of particular concern were primordial forces and elements such as light and dark, cosmic worlds, and the struggle between good and evil. Here the presence of an angel within an otherwise familiar homely scene immediately links the ordinary to the visionary. Although entitled The Wife of the Artist the composition includes a self-portrait set against the rear wall.
Bequeathed by Mrs Elisabeth Collins as through the National Art Collections Fund
Bequeathed by Mrs Elisabeth Collins as through the National Art Collections Fund
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 53/2001/5
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- pen, indian ink and watercolour on buff paper
- Common Name
- Wife of the Artist
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Cecil Collins 1937; cat 1110; AF no 116
- Period Classification
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Production Town
- Plymouth
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1937
- Production Person Initials
- Cecil
- Production Person Surname
- Collins
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
