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White and dark

RICHARDS, Ceri Giraldus

© Estate of Ceri Richards. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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The artist was born near Swansea, and studied at the local art school and the Royal College. On the frontier between painting and sculpture, this abstract composition dates from the year that the British Surrealist Group mounted the International Surrealist Exhibition in London. It pays homage to Picasso and Arp, analysing the relationship between light and dark, form and void in a similar way to the contemporary reliefs of Ben Nicholson and the carvings of Henry Moore.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 221

Creation/Production

RICHARDS, Ceri Giraldus
Date: 1936

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of Knapping Fund, 1965

Measurements

Height (cm): 52.1
Width (cm): 55.6
Height (in): 20
Width (in): 21

Techniques

painted wood construction
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

paint

Location

Gallery 13

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  • Art And Design Movements
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  • Fine Art
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  • Painting
  • Post 1900
  • Richards, Ceri Giraldus
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