Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Cycle of Nature
This torrent of human, animal and vegetable forms is reminiscent of earlier Surrealist landscapes by Max Ernst. Richards is also exploring visual imagery that evokes Dylan Thomas's poem of 1933, 'The force that through the green fuse drives the flower'. In 1945 he was commisioned to illustrate the poem in 'Poetry London', for which he made three lithographs incorporating the entire text.
Image: © Estate of Ceri Richards. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 219
Measurements
Height
(cm): 102.2
Width
(cm): 152.7
Height
(in): 40
Width
(in): 60
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