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
- Artworks
- Date
- 1920s–1970s
- Description
- This series includes artworks created throughout Colquhoun's career, as well as some examples of juvenilia, art-school and commercial work.
There are a small number of finished, signed and titled works, but many have no title or date. The majority of works are in watercolour but there are also pastel drawings, pencil sketches, and (incomplete) collages.
There are also some artworks created by children who were taught by Ithell. These can be found at TGA 929/4/8. - Reference
- TGA 929/4
Showing 21–40 of 146 objects
Ithell Colquhoun Drawing showing children sitting outside a village
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Drawing showing a church in a field with trees
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Drawing showing clothes on a chair
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing a pond and winter trees
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour titled ‘Flowers in a Bog, Gortahork’
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing a surrealist moonlit landscape
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing a fish
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Drawing showing a fish
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Drawing titled ‘Trout from River Clady’
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing the banister at the top of a staircase
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Portrait of an unknown man
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing a woman in fashionable clothes
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing a book open on a tablecloth
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing prawns on a plate
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Drawing showing clothes on a chair
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Ink sketch titled ‘The Lady of Shallot’
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Ink sketch possibly for ‘Judith showing the Head of Holofernes’
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Ink sketch possibly for ‘Judith showing the Head of Holofernes’
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour showing artists’ materials
[c.1927–30]
Ithell Colquhoun Watercolour titled ‘Bloody Foreland from Gortahork’
[c.1927–30]