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The Coffin House, 1946
Watercolor and ink on paper
14 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches
Collection of Eric Brown, New York
Denton Welch
The Coffin House
Photograph of the original Coffin House (Kent, England)
By James Methuen-Campbell
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DENTON WELCH (1915–1948) was both a writer and a painter. Long considered
a major "minor" British author, his work has intrigued successive generations
(William Burroughs acknowledged his influence). His relatively small oeuvre
includes three masterpieces: Maiden Voyage, In Youth is Pleasure, and A Voice
Through A Cloud. His journals are some of the most memorable of the twentieth
century. An exemplary biography by James Methuen-Campbell, Denton Welch,
Writer and Artist was published in 2004.
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