Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)
[c.1700–1987]
Items available online are a range of works by Ithell Colquhoun including early watercolours and writings. The collection also includes: correspondence from leading figures in the art world from Man Ray to Lady Ottoline Morrell; records relating to Ithell's interest in the Occult; and surrealist paintings produced by her students.
Also available to view online from this collection is a typescript entitled, 'Recollection of Kurt Schwitters' - an article by Ithell Colquhoun about Schwitters' life and her acquaintance with him.
Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Ithell Colquhoun 1906–1988
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Bequeathed by Ithell Colquhoun to the Tate Archive
- Reference
- TGA 929
215 objects in this collection
- Title
- General correspondence and related papers
- Date
- 1924–87
- Description
- This series includes correspondence sent to IC on all matters - personal, business, art and the occult. It also includes draft letters from IC, and related papers where appropriate.
- Reference
- TGA 929/1
Showing 18 objects
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Penwith Society of Arts first exhibition catalogue
1949
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts
28 February 1950
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun
2 March 1950
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun
7 March 1950
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun
[1950]
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Penwith Society of Arts broadsheet
1950
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts Winter Exhibition
c.November 1967
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts Associate Exhibition
c.October 1967
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts
1 January 1968
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts Associates Exhibition
1968
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Sketching showing proposed entrance to Penwith Society of Arts
date not known
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from Leonard Williams, Penwith Society of Arts
July 1968
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts exhibition
1968
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts
5 May 1969
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun
1 June 1970
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun
12 July 1971
Ithell Colquhoun, recipient: Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK) Draft letter from Ithell Colquhoun to Penwith Society of Arts
15 June 1979
Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun
13 August 1981