774 x 508 mm. Purchase: Howard Roberts Gallery 1960-1965 Funding support: Gulbenkian Foundation
Number 5 of an edition of 50. Part of a series of prints and paintings based on 'La Cathédrale Engloutie', No. 10, Book 1, of Claude Debussy's (1862-1918) 'Preludes' composed in 1909. Debussy was inspired by the cathedral of Ys which is famous for its underwater bells. Ceri Richards used to play this piece on the piano
Abstract design based on a cathedral. Varied forms enclosed in a central, vertical rectangle. The rectangle is bordered by grey triangles at top and bottom and is set against a dark grey background containing four blue segments and light grey lines. Drawn in lithograhic crayon and tusche and printed in black, three greys, blue and yellow ochre
