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  • Draft typescript with some alterations

Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)

[c.1700–1987]

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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

  • Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)

    215 Objects

    • General correspondence and related papers

      18 Objects

    • Writings

      36 Objects

      • Prose

        28 Objects

        • Short story titled ‘The Applicant’, earlier called ‘The Model’

          1 Object

        • Notes and drafts for a travel book titled ‘The Living Stones: Cornwall’, published by Peter Owen

          24 Objects

          • Draft typescript with some alterations

            24 Objects

        • Writing titled ‘Notes on Automatism’

          1 Object

        • Essay entitled: ‘Recollection of Kurt Schwitters’

          1 Object

      • Poetry

        7 Objects

      • Lectures

        1 Object

    • Artworks

      146 Objects

    • Surrealism

      15 Objects

Title
Draft typescript with some alterations
Date
[c.1950–7]
Reference
TGA 929/2/1/35/4

Showing 1–20 of 24 objects

Draft typescript of chapter 1 titled ‘Ancient Scent’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 2 titled ‘Vow Cave’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 3 titled ‘Procession of the Year’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 4 titled ‘Birds of the Valley’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 5 titled ‘Lamorna Shades’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 6 titled ‘The Living Stones’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 7 titled ‘In Search of the Saints’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 8 titled ‘The Woodcutters’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 9 titled ‘Assembly of the Bards’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 10 titled ‘Bride of Quietness’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 11 titled ‘Dance to the Sun’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 8 titled ‘The Fair at Helston’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 13 titled ‘The ‘Obb’ Oss’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 14 titled ‘Harlyn Past and Present’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 15 titled ‘Hound-Voice’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 16 titled ‘Peripheral’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 17 titled ‘Food-Lore’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 18 titled ‘Germoe’s Wells’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 19 titled ‘Traces of King Arthur’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 20 titled ‘The Troy Stones’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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