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Design for a Dropcloth at the Globe Theatre (for the Memorial Reading of Dylan Thomas's poems, organised by the Sunday Times, and given at the Globe Theatre on the evening of Sunday, 24 January 1954) : Homage to Dylan Thomas (1953-54)

Ceri Geraldus Richards

crayon, ink, gouache and cut paper on paper mounted on cardboard

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Design for a Dropcloth at the Globe Theatre (for the Memorial Reading of Dylan Thomas's poems, organised by the Sunday Times, and given at the Globe Theatre on the evening of Sunday, 24 January 1954) : Homage to Dylan Thomas (1953-54)

© Estate of Ceri Richards. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.

Details

Materials:

Crayon, Ink, Gouache, Paper, Cardboard

Physical Object Description:

Inscribed: Ceri Richards 53'54 Homage to Dylan Thomas’ bottom left, ‘Design for a dropcloth for a reading of works by Dylan Thomas at the Globe Theatre Jan 24 1954 Ceri Richards’ bottom right

Dimensions:

52.7 x 78.1 cm

Accession Number:

T00474

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1962

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Peter Meyer (1920-2007) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1957; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1961

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