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Charles Sims

Charles Sims

British, 1873–1928

WA-00054102

Islington, London, UK

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

9

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ5082527

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtic· 93%✓
LocationArtic· 93%✓
NationalityArtic· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/112034
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

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Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

Study for ‘I am the Abyss and I am Light’

Study for ‘I am the Abyss and I am Light’

1928 · Gouache, graphite and chalk on paper on board

support: 285 x 400 mm

I Am the Abyss and I Am Light

I Am the Abyss and I Am Light

1928 · Tempera on canvas

frame: 975 x 1180 x 78 mm support: 711 x 914 mm

The Sands at Dymchurch

The Sands at Dymchurch

1920 · Tempera and oil paint on canvas

support: 432 x 889 mm

Child Worship

1920 · oil on paper over graphite

Sheet: 45.5 x 50.8 cm (17 15/16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Arcady

1916 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper, laid down on linen

Sheet: 101 × 151.7 cm (39 13/16 × 59 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Wood beyond the World

The Wood beyond the World

1913 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1016 x 1441 mm frame: 1140 x 1565 x 70 mm

The Fountain

1907 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1022 x 1276 mm

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 7 catalogued · 7 with image

Tate
5 published5 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

The Wood beyond the World
1913 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for ‘I am the Abyss and I am Light’
1928 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Child Worship
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Fountain
1907 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Sands at Dymchurch
1920 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
I Am the Abyss and I Am Light
1928 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Arcady (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

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