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
- Title
- Writings
- Date
- 1902–[c.1980]
- Description
- This series includes IC's prose writings, poetry and lectures, as well as fragments of each. They include writings on personal themes, on local history, on art, and on the occult.
- Reference
- TGA 929/2
Showing 1–20 of 36 objects
Ithell Colquhoun Short story titled ‘The Applicant’
date not known
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of essay titled ‘Cornish Earth’
[September 1971]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 1 titled ‘Ancient Scent’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 2 titled ‘Vow Cave’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 3 titled ‘Procession of the Year’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 4 titled ‘Birds of the Valley’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 5 titled ‘Lamorna Shades’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 6 titled ‘The Living Stones’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 7 titled ‘In Search of the Saints’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 8 titled ‘The Woodcutters’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 9 titled ‘Assembly of the Bards’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 10 titled ‘Bride of Quietness’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 11 titled ‘Dance to the Sun’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 8 titled ‘The Fair at Helston’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 13 titled ‘The ‘Obb’ Oss’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 14 titled ‘Harlyn Past and Present’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 15 titled ‘Hound-Voice’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 16 titled ‘Peripheral’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 17 titled ‘Food-Lore’
[c.1950–7]
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 18 titled ‘Germoe’s Wells’
[c.1950–7]