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
- Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)
- Date
- [c.1700–1987]
- Description
- 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. - Reference
- TGA 929
Showing 1–20 of 215 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
Ithell Colquhoun Short story titled ‘The Applicant’
date not known
Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of essay titled ‘Cornish Earth’
[September 1971]