Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)
°Ú³¦.1700–1987±Õ
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
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Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)
215 Objects
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General correspondence and related papers
18 Objects
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Writings
36 Objects
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Prose
28 Objects
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Short story titled ‘The Applicant’, earlier called ‘The Model’
1 Object
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Notes and drafts for a travel book titled ‘The Living Stones: Cornwall’, published by Peter Owen
24 Objects
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Writing titled ‘Notes on Automatism’
1 Object
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Essay entitled: ‘Recollection of Kurt Schwitters’
1 Object
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Poetry
7 Objects
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Lectures
1 Object
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Artworks
146 Objects
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Surrealism
15 Objects
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- Title
- Essay entitled: ‘Recollection of Kurt Schwitters’
- Date
- 1969
- Description
- Various manuscript and typescript drafts detailing facts about Schwitters' life and Ithell's contact with him. It is not clear whether this essay is complete as all the drafts seem to start with page 5.
- Reference
- TGA 929/2/1/55
