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
- Contents of a folder titled ‘Commercial’
- Date
- [1926–50]
- Description
- Folder containing prints and proofs of designs.
- Reference
- TGA 929/4/4
Showing 6 objects
Ithell Colquhoun Coloured print of fish in water
1926
Ithell Colquhoun Coloured test print for turkey design
[c.1926]
Ithell Colquhoun Drawing of two rams
[c.1920s–1930s]
Ithell Colquhoun Design for the cover of ‘Eidos: A Journal of Painting, Sculpture and Design’
[May 1950]
Ithell Colquhoun Test drawing for the cover of ‘Eidos: A Journal of Painting, Sculpture and Design’
[May 1950]
Ithell Colquhoun Test drawing for the cover of ‘Eidos: A Journal of Painting, Sculpture and Design’
[May 1950]