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Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)

°Ú³¦.1700–1987±Õ

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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

      • Juvenilia

        14 Objects

      • Art school work

        47 Objects

      • Contents of a folder titled ‘Commercial’

        6 Objects

      • Watercolour, pastel and crayon mural designs

        8 Objects

      • Contents of a folder labelled ‘Child Art’

        14 Objects

      • Contents of a packet labelled ‘Graphomania: mixed colours, pencil, blue’

        57 Objects

    • Surrealism

      15 Objects

Title
Art school work
Date
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
Description
It is not clear whether this folder was created by Colquhoun. However the contents do seem to come from the early part of her career.
Reference
TGA 929/4/2

Showing 1–20 of 47 objects

Watercolour showing a jug with a flower design

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a goldfish in a bowl and seaweed in a glass

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Drawing of a still life

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing two houses and a tree

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a clay pot

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a clay pot

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Drawing showing children sitting outside a village

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Drawing showing a church in a field with trees

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Drawing showing clothes on a chair

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a pond and winter trees

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour titled ‘Flowers in a Bog, Gortahork’

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a surrealist moonlit landscape

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a fish

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Drawing showing a fish

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Drawing titled ‘Trout from River Clady’

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing the banister at the top of a staircase

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Portrait of an unknown man

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a woman in fashionable clothes

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing a book open on a tablecloth

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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Watercolour showing prawns on a plate

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1927–30±Õ
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