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CERI RICHARDS (1903-1971)
MODERN BRITISH (20th Century )
Biography
The Hand that Whirls the Waters (Wales, 1945)
Original lithograph printed in colours (green, yellow, red, purple and black) on stiff cream woven paper to the edge of the sheet as issued
Signed and dated in the lithograph 1945
Dimensions
25.50cm high
38.00cm wide
(14.96 inches wide)
Literature
Mel Gooding. Ceri Richards, Cameron & Hollis, Bristol, 2002, illustrated page 70Description / Expertise
From the edition commissioned for Poetry London, Volume III, number II, 1945. Exact size of edition unknown. Reference: SanesiThe Hand that whirls the water in the pool
Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind
Hauls my shroud sail
The force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower Drives my green age
