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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

    • Artworks

      146 Objects

    • Surrealism

      15 Objects

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
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts

28 February 1950
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun

2 March 1950
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun

7 March 1950
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from David Lewis, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun

[1950]
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Penwith Society of Arts broadsheet

1950
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts Winter Exhibition

c.November 1967
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts Associate Exhibition

c.October 1967
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts

1 January 1968
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts Associates Exhibition

1968
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Sketching showing proposed entrance to Penwith Society of Arts

date not known
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from Leonard Williams, Penwith Society of Arts

July 1968
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Submission form for Penwith Society of Arts exhibition

1968
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Circular letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts

5 May 1969
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun

1 June 1970
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun

12 July 1971
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Ithell Colquhoun, recipient: Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK) Draft letter from Ithell Colquhoun to Penwith Society of Arts

15 June 1979
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Penwith Society of Arts (Cornwall, UK), recipient: Ithell Colquhoun Letter from Kathleen Watkins, Penwith Society of Arts, to Ithell Colquhoun

13 August 1981
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Ithell Colquhoun Short story titled ‘The Applicant’

date not known
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Ithell Colquhoun Draft typescript of chapter 1 titled ‘Ancient Scent’

[c.1950–7]
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