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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.071
Description
Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Rusty Disk
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
25 x 30 cm
Description
Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
machinery
machine
green
rims
circulars
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.071
Images
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