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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 41–60 of 215 objects

Draft typescript of chapter 11 titled ‘Searcher-out of Witchcraft’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 23 titled ‘Hills of Michael’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of chapter 24 titled ‘Last and First’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1950–7]
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Draft typescript of essay titled ‘Notes on Automatism’

Ithell Colquhoun
[1980]
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Part of a typescript for an essay entitled: ‘Recollection of Kurt Schwitters’ by Ithell Colquhoun

Ithell Colquhoun
1969

Draft typescript of essay titled ‘Cornish Earth’

Ithell Colquhoun
[September 1971]
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Typescript titled ‘The Chain-Poem’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1970s]
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Typescript titled ‘Experiments in the Chain-Poem’ by Ithell Colquhoun and Toni Del Renzio

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1943]
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Typescript titled ‘Question-and-Answer Foursome’

Ithell Colquhoun
date not known
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Typescript titled ‘III Serial-Poem’

Ithell Colquhoun
date not known
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Typescript titled ‘Question and Three Answers’ by Toni Del Renzio

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1943]
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Typescript titled ‘Chain-Poem Foursome’

Ithell Colquhoun
date not known
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Typescript titled ‘Question-and-Answer Threesome’ by Ithell Colquhoun, Lawrence Alloway and Paul Southey

Ithell Colquhoun
date not known
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Typescript of a paper titled ‘The Quest of the Divine’

Ithell Colquhoun
[c.1928]
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Watercolour showing a girl at the beach with a bucket and spade

Ithell Colquhoun
[1920–1]
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Watercolour showing a girl with fruit and falling leaves

Ithell Colquhoun
December 1921
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Watercolour showing a boy playing the pipe with two girls listening, by a stream

Ithell Colquhoun
[1920–1]
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Watercolour showing pansies in a vase

Ithell Colquhoun
August 1921
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Watercolour of fruit and a jug

Ithell Colquhoun
[1921]
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Watercolour of an interior scene showing a grandfather clock by an open door

Ithell Colquhoun
[1920–1]
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