An unframed watercolour showing a small boat with two sails on water at sunset. In the background are palm trees and stone columns. A person and a red net are in the boat.
An unframed watercolour showing a small boat with two sails on water at sunset. In the background are palm trees and stone columns. A person and a red net are in the boat.
A boat house interior is pictured, with a suggestion of several figures surrounding the centre of the work. Inscribed at the bottom left “Boat House July 16th R-40-55.”
A boat house interior is pictured, with a suggestion of several figures surrounding the centre of the work. Inscribed at the bottom left “Boat House July 16th R-40-55.”
A mountain is sketched in the central background with the word “Sand” inscribed on it. Below the mountain is a small boat house which is surrounded by row boats in the foreground. All of the objects in the work are annotated with colour notes. Inscribed at the bottom left “Boat House July 16th 1930…
A mountain is sketched in the central background with the word “Sand” inscribed on it. Below the mountain is a small boat house which is surrounded by row boats in the foreground. All of the objects in the work are annotated with colour notes. Inscribed at the bottom left “Boat House July 16th 1930 B.”
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burs…
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burst from what appears to be a fire boat.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Colour: blue, brown. Five boats are docked in front of a row of buildings. In the upper left is sky, in the upper right a tree appears. One boat has its sail up.
Kura in Tomonoura, from the series: The Island Sea
Date
1930
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.6 x 37.3 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Five boats are docked in front of a row of buildings. In the upper left is sky, in the upper right a tree appears. One boat has its sail up.