# Cecil Collins artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/cecil-collins/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:51:22.486Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1908-03-23
- Death date: 1989-06-04
- Nationality: British
- Movements: Surrealism (early association)
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking

## About Cecil Collins

Cecil Collins (1908–1989) was a British artist whose practice encompassed painting and printmaking. His full name is recorded as James Henry Cecil Collins, and an English-language biographical source identifies him as an MBE. He was originally associated with Surrealism, although the available evidence does not support reducing his entire career to that movement. Museum and authority identifiers from Tate, Getty ULAN, Wikidata, VIAF, the Library of Congress, the British Museum, and Art UK connect records for the artist across collections and catalogues. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name attached to paintings or prints, with catalogue wording and institutional identifiers helping distinguish him from people with similar names. Appraisily also holds an auction-record signal for this public artist entity, but the present research pack contains no individual lot descriptions or realized prices. This page consequently emphasizes his documented identity and media while avoiding unsupported claims about particular subjects, series, or market direction.

## Common works and media

The available biographical evidence identifies painting and printmaking as Collins's documented media. Paintings and prints are therefore the principal work types supported for auction and appraisal classification. The source pack does not provide enough evidence to name recurring subjects, print editions, individual series, or additional media confidently.

## Market and appraisal context

The clearest market distinction supported by the collected evidence is between Collins's paintings and prints. An appraisal should first confirm the artist identity and medium, then compare the object with public auction records catalogued in the same work category when suitable records are available. This source pack establishes that Appraisily has auction records associated with the artist, but it does not provide lot-level sale dates, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, or edition information. It therefore supports an identity- and category-based starting point rather than a price forecast. Conclusions about a particular object should be refreshed against comparable public sales close to the appraisal date and should reflect the evidence available for that specific work.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile distinguishes verified identity information from market details that still require lot-level evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5056013
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500008974
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/cecil-collins-930
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Collins_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Collins
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/cecil-collins/